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Volume 02, Issue 6

Published on: June 2026

TRADE SECRET PROTECTION IN INDUSTRIAL IOT DATA SHARING RISKS, REGULATORY GAPS, AND A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROTECTION

B M Manohara Bhavika Bandu Garvit Choudhary

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Abstract

By facilitating constant data interchange between sensors, machinery, and industrial platforms, the Indus- trial Internet of Things (IIoT) has completely transformed production. The hazards of IIoT data sharing to trade secrets are examined in this study from three perspectives: the business risk of unapproved data reuse, legal ambiguities about the ownership of machine-generated data, and technical shortcomings in IIoT architecture. It further develops a tiered conceptual framework that makes use of privacy-preserving monitoring techniques to strengthen trade secret protections in IIoT ecosystems, blockchain-based governance to establish transparency and traceability of data access, and trusted execution environments for secure data processing.

Keywords: Industrial Internet of Things, Trade Secrets, Data Sharing, Data Governance, Cybersecurity, Regulatory Gaps

How to Cite this Paper

Manohara, B. M., Bandu, B. & Choudhary, G. (2026). TRADE SECRET PROTECTION IN INDUSTRIAL IOT DATA SHARING RISKS, REGULATORY GAPS, AND A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROTECTION. International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, <i>02</i>(6). https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i6.061

Manohara, B, et al.. "TRADE SECRET PROTECTION IN INDUSTRIAL IOT DATA SHARING RISKS, REGULATORY GAPS, AND A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROTECTION." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management, vol. 02, no. 6, 2026, pp. . doi:https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i6.061.

Manohara, B,Bhavika Bandu, and Garvit Choudhary. "TRADE SECRET PROTECTION IN INDUSTRIAL IOT DATA SHARING RISKS, REGULATORY GAPS, AND A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROTECTION." International Journal of Creative and Open Research in Engineering and Management 02, no. 6 (2026). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.55041/ijcope.v2i6.061.

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