Douglas McLachlan and Musab Hemsi of Anderson Strathern together with Basil Manoussos of Edinburgh Napier University’s Cyber Academy will explore the important steps tech businesses must take to secure and protect their valuable IP and trade secrets against internal and external threats. As well as summarising the key stages in legal compliance, this discussion will look at how securing IP provides the foundations for talent attraction and retention, commercial success, sustainable investment and growth.

Meet our speakers:

Douglas is a Partner and leads the Intellectual Property, Data Protection & Technology team at Anderson Strathern.  He is certified by the Law Society of Scotland as a Specialist in Cyber Security.

Musab is a Director in the Employment, Immigration& Pensions team at Anderson Strathern. He is dual-accredited in Employment Law by the Law Society of Scotland and the WS Society.

Basil Manoussos is an Expert Witness and a digital forensics consultant, owner of Strathclyde Forensics and the Manager of The Cyber Academy at Edinburgh Napier University.