How to Protect CAD Files

Breakthrough Encryption that Protects Designs at Rest, In Use, and In Transit

How to Protect CAD Files: Breakthrough Encryption?

CAD files are not ordinary documents. They represent intellectual property, engineering excellence, and competitive advantage. For manufacturers, defence contractors, automotive, and aerospace firms, CAD files are some of the most valuable — and vulnerable — digital assets.

Traditional file protection (passwords, firewalls, or basic access rights) fails once files leave controlled systems. A shared design emailed outside the network or copied to a USB stick can quickly become an uncontrolled liability.

Why CAD Files Are So Hard To Protect

CAD files are uniquely challenging because they:

  • Contain highly detailed intellectual property.

  • Must often be shared between teams, contractors, and partners.

  • Move across cloud platforms, file servers, and collaboration tools.

  • Are subject to strict compliance frameworks in defence, aerospace, and export-controlled industries.

Without comprehensive protection, designs can leak, be duplicated, or fall into the wrong hands, putting years of innovation, commercial advantage, and compliance at risk.

The Breakthrough: Encryption and Control at Every Stage

Modern data security solutions now extend encryption and control across the entire lifecycle of a CAD file:

  • At Rest – Files are encrypted wherever they are stored, whether on local drives, servers, or cloud platforms.

  • In Use – Protection remains active while engineers are working directly in CAD environments, preventing unauthorised copying, screenshots, or modifications.

  • In Transit – End-to-end encryption and secure transfer protocols keep designs safe as they are shared across teams, locations, or supply chains.

This ensures CAD files are always encrypted, always controlled, and always auditable, no matter where they travel.

Why This Matters

Traditional security tools can’t keep pace with modern engineering workflows. Lifecycle-based CAD protection enables businesses to:

  • Safeguard intellectual property from theft or misuse.

  • Enable secure collaboration without losing control.

  • Maintain compliance with defence, aerospace, and industry standards.

  • Protect commercial advantage by ensuring design data stays secure.

Protect Your Future Designs

CAD files are not just drawings, they are the blueprint of your future. Breakthrough encryption and lifecycle-based data protection make it possible to share and collaborate with confidence, without sacrificing security or control.

Where to Start With Data Security

A strong DLP program begins with:

  1. Data discovery — identifying where sensitive data lives and who can access it

  2. Risk assessment — understanding how data could be lost or stolen

  3. Policy creation — setting rules for how data should be handled

  4. Technology implementation — deploying DLP tools to enforce those rules

  5. Monitoring and review — ensuring the system works and evolves with your business needs

Approaching DLP

Cyber Wyze offers Managed DLP Services that combine policy design, technology deployment and ongoing monitoring to protect your data without disrupting business operations. We work with you to:

  • Discover and classify sensitive information

  • Develop practical policies aligned to your compliance needs

  • Deploy DLP controls across devices, networks and cloud platforms

  • Provide real-time monitoring, reporting and response

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Cyber Wyze DLP Solutions