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JULY 2019 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 81 hindering your ability to purchase, produce, or ship printed circuits. These factors should con- sequently be addressed to reduce the chance of failure in delivering printed circuits. Do Not Underestimate the Need for Data Security Finally, in this age of data and IoT, we need to address the necessity to share more and more data. This data or information is also vital to share in order to be compliant and follow laws and regulations. Data and cyber security are unavoidably becoming a pivotal concern in all companies. "Who should have access to the data? Who is allowed to share the data? How do we save and store the data?" are only a few of the questions one must consider in order to avoid failure. Having a company compliance program combined with a cybersecurity strategy is something we all, sooner or later, will have to address to increase our reliability. PCB007 Didrik Bech is the CEO of Elmatica. To read past columns or contact The PCB Norsemen, click here. Figure 1: Example product development process. Figure 2: Internal risk analysis. Figure 3: External risk analysis.