The domestic intelligence service of Lower Saxony publishes a leaflet for companies titled Know-how-Schutz – eine betriebliche Notwendigkeit, know-how protection, a business necessity. It warns that small and medium-sized companies with special or innovative know-how are at risk. Its checklist asks the employer, among other things: Sind Geheimhaltungsklauseln in Arbeitsverträgen ein Bestandteil des Sicherheitskonzeptes? “Are confidentiality clauses in employment contracts part of the security concept?”