NCJ Number
144609
Date Published
1993
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This manual explains how businesses can assess and protect themselves against the risk of business espionage, which can affect any business with any product or service to sell.
Abstract
Although greed is the main motivation for business espionage, office politics, revenge, and other factors may also have a role. Spies usually target the workplace, but they also commit burglaries of homes and home offices as covers for business espionage. Research findings, new product or service ideas, promotional strategies, announcement dates, financial information, customer and supplier lists, and other company information are all at risk. Business espionage is an increasing problem because information is now vital to business success, electronic technology for espionage is easily accessible, and ethical expectations have declined. The four main types of business espionage include electronic eavesdropping, computer crimes involving business, Delphi and other pretext interviewing techniques, and undercover spy operations. Address and telephone number from which to obtain further information