A holistic approach to managing your trade secrets’ health

Understanding Whistleblower Immunity Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA)
Last Updated: December 6, 2025
Updated by: Tangibly

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Delving into the holy trinity of trade secret health, Tangibly Inc’s Christopher Buntel and Mark Handfelt outline the ultimate trade secret protection approach for businesses.

In medicine, doctors often use a holistic approach to manage a patient’s health, assessing them as a whole in order to treat the underlying causes of symptoms with the goal of better long-term health at lower costs. This approach also mitigates risks associated with treating repeating series of emergent symptoms and conditions, each of which require uncertain and expensive medical interventions.

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