Automatic CAD file security and CUI data governance for Defense contractors

Secude automatically protects, tracks and controls access to CAD files that are Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and extends MPIP encryption to CAD, PDF and MS Office files — simplifying regulatory and governmental compliance (i.e. CMMC).

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Protect and track CAD files that are CUI

CAD file security is vital for Defense contractors — both for protecting sensitive drawings and for complying with DoD rules around CUI.

Secude embeds Microsoft Purview protection in CAD files’ application layer, securing files from creation, tracking where files travel, preventing leaks and simplifying compliance.

Secure CAD file protection

Secude’s automatic file-level protection enforces CAD file access controls inside and outside your IT perimeter, protecting CAD files containing your IP and classified as CUI.

Protect and track CUI

Secude extends Microsoft Purview’s tracking and revocation capabilities (typically limited to Office files) to CAD, PDF and MS Office files that are CUI, enabling you to monitor and revoke access at any time.


Simplify compliance

Secude’s lifelong CAD file encryption and detailed data governance enables you to easily showcase top-of-the-range data protection to regulators and the DoD.

Encrypted CAD file security and secure workflows for Defense

HaloCAD

Protect valuable IP data with HaloCAD

HaloCAD automatically secures CAD files from the application layer, extending Microsoft Purview DLP rules to proprietary CAD file formats (i.e. Autodesk, Siemens, PTC, and Dassault etc).

HaloSHARE

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Automate MPIP encryption for CAD, PDF and MS Office files with HaloSHARE

HaloSHARE secures your workflows by bulk encrypting files placed in shared folders with adjustable Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels, which can be tracked, revoked and set to expire.

Why Defense companies need Secude’s CAD file protection software

CAD files are a major security and productivity headache for Defense projects.

Multi-partner project risk

Sharing CAD files along the Defense supply chain and widespread third-party access to CAD files increases the risk of data leakage.

Complex compliance requirements

Labelling alone is not sufficient for CUI security — Defense contractors need to implement tools to protect, track and control access to CAD files that are CUI to prove CMMC compliance.

Balancing security with productivity

Ultra security is ultra impractical — Defense contractors must protect CUI without hindering productivity or slowing down its engineering workflows.

Secude provides the antidote for Defense contractors.

Zero Trust protection by default

Integrated at the application layer, HaloCAD ensures sensitive CAD files (including CUI) are encrypted from creation and only accessible by authorized users.

Satisfy compliance needs

With HaloCAD’s label capability, you can control who accesses CAD files that are considered CUI, monitor where your CUI-CAD files are at any time and easily demonstrate compliance (i.e. CMMC/ITAR).

Retain operational productivity

With HaloCAD, your employees use the same tools and processes as before, ensuring your CAD engineering workflows are seamless and secure.

What our customers say

“Secude works seamlessly across all of our CAD applications and our different
business groups so that we can just configure labels in Microsoft Purview
and make them available to all of the engineers who do sensitive CUI drawings.”

Aerospace contractor
case study

How a US DoD aerospace contractor uses Secude HaloCAD for CMMC compliance

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Secude encrypt shared files?

With Secude, you can secure files using MPIP encryption or protect files without encryption using digital watermarking and signing. Secude also extends DLP rules to files shared in CDE environments that are not compatible with encryption.

Can Secude protect files when shared externally or downloaded from a CDE?

Yes — Secude’s labelling and access controls exist for the lifetime of the file, preventing unauthorized access even if the files are lost or stolen.

Which industries does Secude support?

Secude’s products are particularly useful for industries that create and share sensitive CAD files across complex supply chains and multi-partner projects, such as AECO, Defense and Manufacturing.

Does Secude work with DLP?

Yes — Secude and DLP solutions work together at different stages of the security journey. While DLPs provide strong protection after data is stored, Secude provides Zero Trust protection before data is stored (as soon as it’s generated). Together, they enhance your digital supply chain security.

What file types can Secude protect?

Secude protects a wide range of file formats, including CAD files, Microsoft Office files and PDFs. In particular, Secude automatically protects your most sensitive CAD drawings (i.e. containing your IP or classified as CUI) as soon as they’re generated.

How does Secude differ from traditional DLP solutions?

Traditional DLP doesn't granularly protect complex file formats, such as CAD files — Secude does. In addition, DLPs only provide protection after data is stored. Secude provides protection before data is stored. By embedding Microsoft’s Zero Trust protection and data governance into files’ application layer, Secude ensures there are no security gaps between data generation and storage.

How does Secude protect CAD files?

Secude’s HaloCAD embeds Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MPIP) into the CAD file’s application layer, enforcing access controls for the lifetime of the file - no matter where it travels.

Be Secure with Secude

Protect your IP. Protect your business.