ESPIONAGE - The act or practice of spying to obtain secret information. Also, it can be a collective term that describes the theater or arena within which spying takes place.
COUNTERESPIONAGE - The defensive act or practice of identifying and neutralizing those seeking secret information about you.
INTELLIGENCE - Another word for "INFORMATION," and involves the collection, analysis and dissemination of that information.
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE - The act or practice by intelligence organizations to prevent others from gathering intelligence or information about them.
HOW THESE ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE IN THE
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE COMMUNITY?
ESPIONAGE: Assume that a Manufacturer wants a trade secret of Competitor, and will stop at nothing to get it. They send in a Mole to secretly fetch it. How? Maybe as a newly hired employee of Competitor's out-sourced custodial company. Armed with utmost craftiness, the Mole heads for the file containing the data.
COUNTERESPIONAGE: Competitor's no dummy. Through a covert grapevine, they hear about the threat, and dispatch their operative to locate and neutralize the attack.
Imagine the complexity of this type of activity going on throughout the International Corporate world. For as many types of Corporate Intelligence that exist, there are an equal number of those who would stop at nothing to have that information in their hands.
WHAT IMAGES DO THESE WORDS CONJURE UP FOR YOU?
A Mole Risk Management Defector Protection Double Agent Security Burglary Watergate Defense Offense Espionage Clandestine Legal
Illegal Countermeasures Assets Secret US Customs Search Seizure Covert Spy Counterspy Information Politicians Competitor Global Outsiders Clients Identity Alias Cover Under Cover Product Formula Cash Disaster Insurance Imports Waterfront Longshoremen Lawyers Offshore Investment Ponzi Get-rich-quick Bankruptcy Agent Paranoia Partnership Banks Trust Fraud Indictment Jail Court Snoop Drugs Jury Tampering Securities Scam White Collar Crime Billions Back Door Counterfeit Sting Assassination Switzerland Cayman Islands Cartel OPEC Saudi UAE Inteligence Subpoena Witness Camera Fake ID Fences International Broadcast News Service US Embassy