NetMasterClass

Overview of Company:
NetMasterClass provides education products and services for network professionals, with a focus on R&S CCIE® candidates. NMC are a Cisco Certified Learning Partner and a leading Cisco training provider.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Protector web content security and Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
As with all advanced elearning providers, we have to be able to offer our training courses at any time with total availability – across the Internet.  LockLizard is the perfect solution for securing our elearning content so that only the user that purchased the product has access to it.
 

Challenge:
NMC need to be able to engage their customers across time zones and provide immediate accessibility to high grade high quality training for Cisco systems.  However, NMC have made a significant investment in the development of proprietary training methods and techniques and have already experienced having their IPR stolen and made publicly available. So their challenge is to protect their IPR adequately whilst still delivering electronic services.

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Contagious Communications

Overview of Company:
Contagious Communications is the premier marketing strategy intelligence organization. They deliver intelligence briefings identifying ideas, trends & innovations behind the world’s most revolutionary marketing strategies.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Contagious use Safeguard PDF security to protect their quarterly briefing magazine delivered electronically to their subscribers, as well as special reports and extracts from studies which they sell online. Safeguard PDF security is also giving them access to new revenue streams by making it possible to distribute other materials securely.
 

Challenge:
Contagious are having to deliver more and more of their market intelligence information electronically.  But that cannot be done without protecting intellectual property because that is the core asset of the business. Further, they want to extend their offering with sections that could not previously be provided.

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Hock international

Overview of Company:
HOCK international (HOCK) sells exam preparation materials for the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exams.  Most distribution is done electronically.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Hock international use Lizard Safeguard to electronically distribute their textbooks and flash cards.  They provide a 24x7 service using Safeguard's ecommerce API to automate the creation of user accounts and delivery of license information.
 

Challenge:
Hock international needed to protect their exam textbooks and study materials that range in size from 80 to 500 pages.  They wanted the familiar Adobe Reader type features but with strong security to prevent unprotected digital copies being circulated around the Internet.  Cost, a reliable support service, and simple management were key to their purchasing decision.

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Engineers Media

Overview of Company:
Engineers Media is the publishing subsidiary of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Australia’s peak professional association for engineers.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Lizard Safeguard is used to protect engineering technical journals, ebooks, and magazines, and to get product to market securely long before it can be made available as hard copy.
 

Challenge:
Engineers Media wanted to create the traditional bookshop experience online whilst protecting their publishers against IPR theft.  Additionally they want to get product to market quickly and provide an automated, yet secure, subscription service to members without having to change their existing ecommerce system.

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Dream Force, LLC

Overview of Company:
Dream Force provides practice management solutions including: web-based medical billing software discounted sales, medical billing services, training onsite or live online, and consulting.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Protector web content security.
 

Summary:  
Lizard Protector web content security protects Dream Force's online training videos, safeguards Dream Force's revenue stream, and extends their marketing reach.
 

Challenge:
Dream Force had to protect their online medical billing training videos that are produced in HTML format to prevent against loss of revenue. They required a powerful, yet simple to use solution, that enabled them to extend their marketing reach without being constricted as to where they could store their protected files or how they could deliver them to their customers.

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The Institute of Current World Affairs

Overview of Company:
The ICWA is a private Foundation operating a small international Fellowship program. This aims to produce individuals with a deep expertise in foreign cultures and political systems.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
The ICWA purchased Lizard Safeguard PDF Security to secure electronic publication of their newsletters without fear of them being freely distributed over the Internet.
 

Challenge:
The ICWA needed the flexibility of a system that allowed them to cut costs by moving from print to electronic publications, yet at the same time enable secure distribution to prevent non-members from gaining access to them, and limiting how many times they could be printed.

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The Austin Diagnostic Clinic

Overview of Company:
The Austin Diagnostic Clinic is one of the most prestigious multi-specialty clinics in Austin and Central Texas.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
The Austin Diagnostic Clinic needed to make available management documents containing proprietary and/or confidential information to their physicians.
 

Challenge:
The Austin Diagnostic Clinic had to protect confidential information contained in their management documents so that it could be made available to physicians who could not make it to management meetings. They required a simple to use solution (physicians focus on treating patients, not IT skills), that protected their PDF documents and ensured sensitive material was only made available for a certain period of time.

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Integrity Research Associates

Overview of Company:
Integrity Research Associates is an experienced provider of syndicated research and strategic consulting to help financial services firms chart a winning course in today's turbulent business environment.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security secures Integrity Research Associates financial research documents to protect and expand their revenue stream.
 

Challenge:
Integrity Research Associates wanted to protect the time they have invested in creating their financial reports by controlling access to subscription publications that they wanted to sell over the Internet.  They also wanted to restrict printing of their research documents.

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Nice-Pak Products, Inc

Overview of Company:
Nice-Pak is the global leader in the design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of premium quality branded and private label wet wipe products.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security protects NicePak's internal PDF documents, ensuring that they are only ever distributed to employees.
 

Challenge:
Nice-Pak had a requirement to protect internal documents containing performance data from being shared outside of the company.  Before purchasing Lizard Safeguard they did not distribute these documents to their employees for fear they would end up in the wrong hands.

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WestNet Learning

Overview of Company:
WestNet Learning provides affordable, high quality, and easy-to-implement managed learning solutions.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security protects WestNet Learning's elearning course material that is published in PDF format, causing an increase in sales.
 

Challenge:
WestNet Learning required a cost effective ‘out of the box’ PDF security product that could be quickly implemented with their existing e-commerce system.  They wanted an easy to use system, where they could manage all the DRM controls without the need for technical support and without complex, costly and lengthy setup and configuration implementation tasks before they could go live.  Achieving a high ROI however was their main objective.

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SixSigma.us

Overview of Company:
6Sigma.us offers online, onsite and open enrollment six sigma training and six sigma certification in Green Belt, Black Belt, Master Black Belt, Champion and Lean Six Sigma certification.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Lizard Safeguard is used to protect proprietary training materials used for six sigma education.
 

Challenge:
6Sigma.us needed to provide a digital method of distributing their training materials securely.  They wanted to be able to expire content after a year, limit printing, and prevent copying and screen grabbing.

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EUReBooks

Overview of Company:
EUReBOOKS is a B2B publisher and distributor of digital information, such as eBooks, on a European-wide scale.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security protects EUReBOOKS ebooks from unauthorized distribution and copying.
 

Challenge:
Any Internet based publisher knows that they have to take positive steps to protect their IPR when they publish on the web.  Apart from the obvious requirements of preventing easy copying, cut and paste, screen grab and so on, they need to be able to control printing and add watermarks, and make sure that people cannot bypass protection controls by using terminal server type solutions.  That’s quite a broad waterfront to try and protect.

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Aviationexam

Overview of Company:
Aviationexam is the leading provider of exam preparation materials for students preparing for their aviation knowledge examinations.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security secures Aviationexam's ebooks and study material returning rapid and high ROI.
 

Challenge:
Aviationexam.com wanted to expand their product range and reach, and improve customer service by delivering electronic copies of their popular study books.  They wanted a system that was easy to use straight out of the box and that could quickly be implemented with their existing e-commerce system.  Their overall objective was security of their information with rapid and high ROI.

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Law School Downloads

Overview of Company:
Law School Downloads is the premier online web site specialising in delivering law school study aids in audio (MP3) and document (PDF) formats.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security enables Law School Downloads to sell PDFs that are the copyrights of law publishers ensuring that the PDFs they sell will not be redistributed to others once they are purchased and that copying and printing is prevented..
 

Challenge:
We sell documents that are the copyrights of law publishers. They are probably more sensitive to IPR and copyright issues than most. They want some assurance that we have taken effective measures to resist and prevent redistribution and piracy of their books before they will let us sell them as digital documents rather than on paper.

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Vickie Milazzo Institute

Overview of Company:
Vickie Milazzo Institute is the authoritative resource center since 1982 for nurses seeking to explore the dynamic field of legal nurse consulting.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security enables the Vickie Milazzo Institute to securely distribute their online educational programs, and expire content when it is out of date.
 

Challenge:
The Vickie Milazzo Institute wanted to take positive steps to maintain their copyright and control over their content.  This meant making sure that they could limit file sharing between customers and non-customers, expire documents to prevent them going out of date, and limit or prevent printing.

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Financial Services Company

Overview of Company:
A worldwide financial services company that offers investment managers an impartial evaluation of their options in making investment products. It also advises institutions, professional, and high net worth investors on portfolio construction and management.
 

LockLizard Product Used:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security.
 

Summary:  
Lizard Safeguard PDF security secures a financial service company's investment advice and individual portfolio analysis and results, significantly improving their service offerings and reducing their administration overhead.
 

Challenge:
Financial services company wanted to ensure its investment advise could be delivered in a timely manner so that customers could take appropriate action as soon as possible.  Confidentiality of the portfolio valuation itself, and confidentiality of the investment advice being given, was also an important factor, so that other people, not paying for the service, cannot use the advice.

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