Investigación de las fugas de propiedad intelectual

Una escuela privada con estudios avanzados de ciencias exactas se puso en contacto con CleverControl con una petición delicada. La escuela seguía las últimas tendencias e implementaba las últimas innovaciones en la enseñanza. El programa único en Matemáticas fue el objeto de su especial orgullo. El curso incluía un conjunto completo de materiales teóricos, ejercicios, juegos y pruebas para cada grado basados en el enfoque innovador. Era el resultado del largo trabajo de los dos profesores, que pronto se convertiría en libros de texto para las escuelas con estudios avanzados de Matemáticas. Hasta entonces, el resto del personal no podía compartir los materiales fuera de la escuela ni utilizarlos en clases particulares.

However, when the headmaster talked to her colleagues from other schools, she learned that some were already using materials developed in her school. Those teachers refused to tell where they had got them, but one thing was clear: the unique program had leaked. The headmaster needed to identify the source of the leak and prevent further unauthorized sharing.

The teachers downloaded the educational materials from the school's secure server to their classroom computers. The headmaster assumed that the source of the leak either copied the data to an external storage device or sent it out by email. After proper authorization and employee notice, the school's IT specialist installed CleverControl on authorized school computers to review activity related to these channels.

The headmaster and the IT specialist checked reports from each computer daily but did not find any suspicious activity. Most probably, the mole had copied all the materials before the program was installed. To determine whether the leak was ongoing, the headmaster asked the authors to add some new educational materials to the school server and continued the authorized monitoring with CleverControl. That brought results: logs from one of the new substitute teacher's computer showed that an external storage device was plugged in. To be sure, the headmaster also checked screen recordings for that period of time, which confirmed the fact of copying the materials. A further internal investigation revealed that the new substitute teacher had shared the educational materials with a friend from another school. The friend then shared them with her colleagues. Besides, the substitute teacher did private tutoring using the stolen materials.

The school took appropriate internal action according to its policies.

• Actividad de almacenamiento externo

  El control de los dispositivos de almacenamiento externo ayudó a descubrir las fugas de material educativo.
• Grabación de la pantalla

  Las grabaciones de la pantalla del profesor demostraron el hecho de la copia no autorizada.
• Control en línea

  Secure remote monitoring via the online dashboard supported the internal investigation after proper authorization and employee notice.