Optical disc replication compa The technology is regarded as an efficient means of solving problems related to piracy and fair-use protection for intellectual property. Dr. Thomas M. Fryer, CEO of 2 Geeks In A Lab, a company instrumental in the development of the software, has stated that Global Garde "is transparent to the end user and restores full control of the contents to the content owner… We are proud of CD Digital Card’s commitment and vision."

The protection program works for any media type including CD, DVD, USB, Blu-Ray, and others, and has compatibility with Windows XP/Vista and Macintosh OS X programs. Compared to other programs such as Hexalock and SecuROM, which can take four or more hours to implement, Global Garde takes just five minutes. Also in comparison with these other protection softwares, there are no minimum data requirements, every file is protected within a set, fair use copies can be created, and protected files are ready for physical media and Internet distribution. The program also works with any file type including pdf.