For companies where the code is the primary product they sell, hosting it on a remote server seems like a hard thing to ask for from upper managment no matter h

For companies where the code is the primary product they sell, hosting it on a remote server seems like a hard thing to ask for from upper managment no matter how secure it is. I can see the case for a lot of small software companies that really would want to use github, but someone on the team refuses to let the code be placed outside their network.