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THE QUIET THREAT:
Fighting Industrial Espionage in America (2nd Ed.)
By Ronald L. Mendell
Published 2010 272 pp., 7 x 10, 4 il., 6 tables

THE QUIET THREAT
Fighting Industrial Espionage in America (2nd Ed.)
How To Conduct Countermeasures Sweeps And Combat Information Leakage
By Ronald L. Mendell
Published 2010 272 pp., 7 x 10, 4 il., 6 tables

Industrial espionage is a craft that has evolved over the centuries that remains persistent in its threat. History has shown us that the techniques used today are adaptations of those developed in the sixteenth century and honed through the twentieth century. Accordingly, the text focuses on the similarity of industrial spy craft through time with examples from Anglo-American history. This book will help security professionals to combat industrial (or corporate) espionage in the post-industrial information age by helping to understand its techniques. A primary goal of the book is in giving the reader a real sense of how industrial spies are persistent and clever in circumventing defenses. Another sense the book imparts to the security professional (or the student of security) is that industrial espionage creates paradoxes rather than straightforward, easy solutions. It examines both the defensive and offensive tactics necessary to fight industrial espionage. Living with paradox should be the theme for the security professional, and the book draws wisdom from political philosophers like Machiavelli to aid in that perspective. While the text examines history and discusses security doctrine, it also offers a clear plan of action in dealing with industrial espionage in a fluid, mobile, information-rich business environment. Creating new warriors against the quiet threat is its chief mission.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Preface to the First Edition
INTRODUCTION
Paradox and Security
A Brief Scenario The Rest of the Book
Discussion
For Further Reading
Chapter
1. THE FACTORY VISIT (OBSERVATION)
McDonnell Douglas 1993
Tredegar Iron Works 1861
Lowell National Historical Park
Discussion
Observation (Exercises)
For Further Reading
2. KNOWLEDGE
Trees and Seeds
Technical Intelligence
Francis Bacon, Prophet of Economic Intelligence
Gathering
SQL and Data Mining
Discussion
For Further Reading
3. BEGINNINGS IN ENGLAND
British Industrialism in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth
Centuries
Other Lessons
Discussion
For Further Reading
4. MORE OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES
Computer Systems
Mobile Computing
Electronic Eavesdropping
Infiltration
Sales Force
Trash Raiding
Public Records
Cloaking
Discussion
For Further Reading
5. MULTI-LINE TECHNIQUES
Sources of Information
Brainstorming
Foreign Spies
Targets and Trends
Discussion
6. POWER AND POLITICS
Bribery
Disinformation
Trade Secret Theft
University Research PloyPatents
Ruses and Deception
What the Vietnam War Taught Us
Discussion
7. COUNTERMEASURES
The Information Predator
Road Maps
A Word about Computer Security
Discussion
For Further Reading
8. INTERNAL INTELLIGENCE
The Information Predator Continues
More Training
Discussion
9. EXTERNAL INTELLIGENCE
Building Intelligence Resources
Discussion
10. INVESTIGATING CASES
An Investigative Checklist
A Word about Civil Actions
Background Investigations
Discussion
11. TRADECRAFT
Human Sources and Psychology
Technical Tradecraft
Photography
Discussion
12. DATA AND DATA MINING
Discussion
Chapter Notes
Master Checklist
Chronology
Planning an Intelligence Operation Against a Target
Sample Report for Strategic Intelligence on a Target
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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