Every company has secrets. Some confidential1 company information can be so important that if your competitors got hold of it, your company could suffer very serious financial losses.
每家公司都有秘密。公司里有的机密信息是非常重要的，假如你的角逐对手得到这类信息，你的公司就或许会遭遭到非常紧急的经济损失。
Some types of secrets include financial information, details about your company's products, secret information about how your company makes products and future business plans.
一些种类的秘密包含财务信息，公司商品的细节，有关公司怎么样生产商品的机密信息（如可口可乐与肯德鸡）与将来的商务计划。
Some companies don't pay close attention to protecting their secrets. Often they don't think that anyone would want to steal their secrets or they fail to realize the value of their own information.
有的公司不注意保护他们的机密。一般他们觉得不会有人想盗窃他们的秘密，或者他们意识不到他们自己信息的价值。
Every year, many companies lose millions of dollars due to corporate2 spies. Corporate spies are highly3 trained to specific target and obtain information from one company for sale to another company.
每一年，不少公司因为公司特务而损失数百万（有时数十亿）USD。公司特务受过高水平的练习，专门瞄准并获得一家企业的信息，然后把它卖给另一家公司。
Protecting your company information can be very simple. Make sure that all your employees understand why there is a need to protect data, use secure4 and reliable email and Internet software, lock draws and cabinets5 and shred6 any important documents before throwing them away.
保护公司信息其实非常简单。确保你的所有雇员了解为何需要保护资料、用值得信任的邮件与互联网软件、锁上抽屉和柜子、遗弃任何要紧文件之前要先切碎。
Safely protecting company secrets is the responsibility of every employee. You expect your company to be able to pay you on time - something that they might not be able to do if they keep losing all of their valuable data to their competitors.
安全地保护企业的秘密是每个职员的职责。你期望公司可以按时支付你薪水－假如他们总是丢失所有有价值的资料而让角逐对手得到的话，他们就可能没办法这么做。
