Your crown jewels aren't really yours and there's probably nothing you can do about it…

 ENGLISH SESSION

The term “crown jewels“ originally referred to the jewels, precious gems, and other valuable items that were part of the heritage or possessions of a reigning monarch or sovereign. The term has now been adopted by IT, risk, security, accounting, and finance professionals to describe an organization's most important assets. Organizations worldwide now spend increasing amounts of time and resources to protect their crown jewels. These crown jewels can be anything from a secret recipe (think Coca-Cola, KFC), a very expensive R&D project (SR-71, Manhattan Project), or even an IT system that keeps the business running (ERP, CRM, ITSM, payment system). However, there’s one thing that has evolved over time: crown jewels are increasingly less owned and operated by the organizations themselves. How can that be possible? How can you protect them? Is it legal? We will explore these questions from a management and technical standpoint. Hop in, this will be a fun ride!