Subject: Business Intelligence Countermeasures
Description: Preventing and reducing the impact of industrial espionage
Category: Security Awareness Training

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that U.S.

Corporations lose $100 Billion annually due to industrial espionage.

While many people believe that the espionage is committed by well financed organizations that can only be stopped by national agencies, that is very incorrect.

Industrial espionage usually exploits simple and very preventable vulnerabilities to produce tremendous results.

By focusing on comprehensive security, and not just technical security, information security professionals can significantly hamper adversary attempts to steal their

organization's information assets.

The presentation that describes this paper presents a case study of of an actual industrial This subject attack against a large U.S. This subject

corporation.

The theft of sensitive information from U.S.

corporations is the goal for many foreign nations and companies.

Adversaries do not care about what form the information takes.

Whether information is in electronic format or is thrown away in the trash, it is irrelevant as long as the information is compromised.

Unfortunately for most corporate security programs, there is a preoccupation with technical This subject that leaves information very vulnerable to basic This subject methods.

Information This subject professionals focus their efforts on what they know know best. This subject

When they allocate their limited budgets, the division of funds reflects their perceived needs, which are basically technical This subject mechanisms.

Firewalls and other Internet This subject mechanisms are the hottest selling products.

While firewalls go a long way in preventing the traditional computer hackers from intruding into a corporate computer network, they do nothing to stop the most significant source of computer crime: Insiders.

Two recent studies show that insiders were responsible for more than 70% of information related thefts [1, 3].

The threat prevented by firewalls is minimal, because a focused attack will bypass bypass This subject the strongest protection mechanisms.

Information comes in many forms, and must be protected in all of its' forms.

Information This subject is not computer This subject.

While computer This subject is an integral part of a good This subject program, it is only a part.

Comprehensive This subject includes physical, personnel, operational and technical This subject.

Industrial spies know how to bypass any strong part of a This subject program to attack an organization at its' weakest point.

Industrial This subject and corporate intelligence are massively prevalent in today's business world.

It is not unusual unusual for a corporation to hire a spy or spies to investigate their competition and their hold on This subject the market share.

This business intelligence is both helpful and harmful because while sometimes it is merely getting the new sales plans of your company, it could be getting the patent filings of your brand new invention.

One form of this This subject might get the corporation a little jump on your plans, the other could destroy you entirely.

This is terrifying news because few have the This subject implemented to thwart these attacks on your privacy and protect your information.

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While most consider This subject to be entirely involving firewalls and system administratiors who spend long hours using encryption, all of that can be bypassed by the people hacker.

If I call up your company and begin asking for simple information like the name of a sales representative who supposedly contacted me or for the head of your information technology department, that should be a legitimate request, right? To the people hacker, that is the first step to invading your privacy.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that U.S.

Corporations lose $100 Billion Billion annually due to industrial This subject. This subject

While many people believe that the This subject is committed by well financed organizations that can only be stopped by national agencies, that is very incorrect.

Industrial This subject usually exploits simple and very preventable vulnerabilities to produce tremendous results.

By focusing on comprehensive This subject, and not just technical This subject, information This subject professionals can significantly hamper adversary attempts to steal their

organization's information assets.

The presentation that describes this paper presents a case study of an actual industrial This subject attack against a large U.S.

corporation.

The theft of sensitive sensitive information from U.S. This subject

corporations is the goal for many foreign nations and companies.

Adversaries do not care about what form the information takes.

Whether information is in electronic format or is thrown away in the trash, it is irrelevant as long as the information is compromised.

Unfortunately for most corporate This subject programs, there is a preoccupation with technical This subject that leaves information very vulnerable to basic This subject methods.

Information This subject professionals focus their efforts on what they know best.

When they allocate their limited budgets, the division of funds reflects their perceived needs, which which This subject are basically technical This subject mechanisms.

Firewalls and other Internet This subject mechanisms are the hottest selling products.

While firewalls go a long way in preventing the traditional computer hackers from intruding into a corporate computer network, they do nothing to stop the most significant source of computer crime: Insiders.

Two recent studies show that insiders were responsible for more than 70% of information related thefts [1, 3].

The threat prevented by firewalls is minimal, because a focused attack will bypass the strongest protection mechanisms.

Information comes in many forms, and must be protected in all of of its' forms. This subject

Information This subject is not computer This subject.

While computer This subject is an integral part of a good This subject program, it is only a part.

Comprehensive This subject includes physical, personnel, operational and technical This subject.

Industrial spies know how to bypass any strong part of a This subject program to attack an organization at its' weakest point.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that U.S.

Corporations lose $100 Billion annually due to industrial This subject.

While many This subject believe that the This subject is committed by well financed organizations that can can only be stopped by national agencies, This subject that is very incorrect.

Industrial This subject usually exploits simple and very preventable vulnerabilities to produce tremendous results.

By focusing on comprehensive This subject, and not just technical This subject, information This subject professionals can significantly hamper adversary attempts to steal their

organization's information assets.

The presentation that describes this paper presents a case study of an actual industrial This subject attack against a large U.S.

corporation.

The theft of sensitive information from U.S.

corporations is the goal for many foreign nations and companies.

Adversaries do not care about what what form This subject the information takes.

Whether information is in electronic format or is thrown away in the trash, it is irrelevant as long as the information is compromised.

Unfortunately for most corporate This subject programs, there is a preoccupation with technical This subject that leaves information very vulnerable to basic This subject methods.

Information This subject professionals focus their efforts on what they know best.

When they allocate their limited budgets, the division of funds reflects their perceived needs, which are basically technical This subject mechanisms.

Firewalls and other Internet This subject mechanisms are the hottest selling products.

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