Among enemies
Subtitle: counter-espionage for the business traveler
By: Luke Bencie
Publisher: Mountain Lake Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Mountain Lake Park, Maryland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780988591905; 9781495600302; 9780988591912
Subjects: Confidential business information; Business intelligence; Trade secrets; Espionage; Business enterprises; Security measures; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Business Ethics
Description: Each business day, some 35,000 executives, scientists, consultants, and lawyers pass through the nation's airports to destinations across the globe. They carry, along with proprietary documents and computer files, the latest in personal electronic gear. However, carefully watching most of those travelersbeginning the moment they arrive at the airport and often soonerare uncounted numbers of espionage operatives. These individuals work for foreign intelligence services and economic concerns and seek to separate international business travelers from their trade secrets. To succeed, they use many time-tested techniques to lure unsuspecting travelers into vulnerable or compromising positions. They also employ the latest electronic means to steal business information often at a distance from their prey. This is the 21st century, after all, and economic and industrial espionage have become multibillion-dollar enterprises, utilizing a wide array of the most sophisticated means to obtain proprietary information. Luke Bencie is a veteran of this struggle. He knows intimately the threats business travelers face and how to combat those threats. In Among Enemies: Counter-Espionage for the Business Traveler, Bencie provides everything you need to know to protect yourself and your company from attempted espionage.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Everything Has Changed; The Risks of Business Travel in the 21st-Century Global Economy; Two Primary Rules for Business Travelers; What Are We Trying to Protect?; Economic Espionage and Competitive Advantage; Preying on Americans' Vulnerabilities; Technology: The Primary Target; Taking Matters into Your Own Hands; Chapter 1 FAQ; 2. Enemies in Our Midst; Who's After You and Your Information, and How They Try to Get It; Intelligence-Gathering Methods; Economic versus Industrial Espionage; The Art of Business Warfare.; title: Three Key Events Driving Economic EspionageHow Does An Espionage Agent Operate?; An Operative's MO; Chapter 2 FAQ; 3. How to Think and Act Like a Counterintelligence Officer; Proactive, Defensive, Business Counter-Espionage; The Business Traveler's Checklist; Counter-Espionage at the Airport; Aboard the Airplane; In the Taxi; In the Hotel; At the Meeting or Conference; Chapter 3 FAQ; 4. Operational Security and Your Personal Information Horizon; Practicing OPSEC: A Case Study; Protecting Your Personal Information Horizon; Chapter 4 FAQ; 5. Cyber-Espionage.; title: How to Protect Your Electronic DevicesBasic Cyber-Espionage Rules to Follow While Traveling; Which Electronic Devices and Services Place You at Risk?; Chapter 5 FAQ; 6. Surveillance Basics; What Is Surveillance and Why Do They Use It?; Compiling a Target's Pattern; Methods of Surveillance; Active or Mobile Surveillance; The A-B-C Method; Passive/Fixed Surveillance; Technical Surveillance; Recognizing Surveillance; More Tell-Tale Signs; Chapter 6 FAQ; 7. Whose Side Are You On?; When They Try to Recruit You; The Recruitment Cycle; Spotting; Assessing; Evaluating; Catching MICE; Recruiting.; title: HandlingTerminating; Chapter 7 FAQ; 8. Here, There, and Everywhere; Where Espionage Threats are Greatest; The Most Eager; Where to Find Help; Information, Intelligence and Intuition; Chapter 8 FAQ; Afterword; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Footnotes.