Have a policy concerning visitation or contacts with current employees by former employees. Targeting Cultural Commonalities. Foreign entities exploit the cultural background of company personnel in order to elicit information. Indicators Employees receive unsolicited greetings or other correspondence from embassy of country of family origin. Employees receive invitations to visit country of family origin for purpose of providing lecture or receiving an award.
Foreign visitors single out company personnel of same cultural background to work or socialize with.
Recommended Security Countermeasures Brief all employees on this MO and have a policy concerning the reporting of same. Monitor the activities of foreign visitors for indications of their targeting of company personnel. If you believe that any of the above situations apply to your company, you should immediately notify your DSS Industrial Security Representative through your company Facility Security Officer. Likewise, notify DSS of any indication that your company or any of your employees may be the target of an attempted exploitation by the intelligence service or commercial interests of another country. This brochure was prepared by the Counterintelligence Office of the Defense Investigative Service.