seriously although information and intellectual property is now amongst some of the greatest corporate assets.
We believe that competitive intelligence professionals and practitioners can make a valauble contribution in this regard in their organisations.
CBIA is hosting South Africa's first counterintelligence conference during September 2012 at the Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge in the Pilanesberg Game Park.
Corporate globalisation, worldwide economic instability, governments on the verge of collapse, turmoil in the Middle East, insecurity over oil supplies and aggressive competitors all create a challenging threat environment for today’s business executive.
The need for corporations to establish and maintain robust security and counterintelligence capabilities is unmatched in history. The life blood of corporate growth and stability rests on intellectual property and trade secrets. Corporations invest millions to develop and own trade secrets and intellectual property. There is a huge payoff from corporate espionage and information theft.
The main keynote speaker is David G. Major from the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies (CI Centre), Washington DC, USA. Major is a former FBI agent, a leading expert and teacher on counterintelligence and considered to be one of the World’s top counterintelligence experts. Major has a passion for helping business gaining a greater understanding of the importance of counterintelligence and information protection.
CBIA would like to invite you to join other professionals from around the World for a unique experience at a very special conference venue! For additional information and a brochure please click http://www.cbia.co.za/conferences.php …
easons why I've done it: first Douglas Bernhardt's book is among those rare books which are available to every netizen ( http://www.esnips.com/doc/4157d765-4b6a-4b4b-926c-c9aedaf75a9e/Competitive-Intelligence---Douglas-Bernhardt ), second quite important part of the book Competitive Intelligence: Acquiring and using corporate intelligence and counterintelligence was devoted just to counterintelligence, third counterintelligence was described very inspirationally by Douglas Bernhardt's words quoted above, fourth these words have inspired me to ask all of you the following questions.
- What "open and legal collection efforts can harm a company and affect its ability to compete in its market"?
- Who decides that such "collection efforts" appear?
- Who decides that they are such? CI professionals who collect information about a company or management of that company?…
echnology for Information Protection ( http://innovate-ideagora.ning.com/group/counterintelligence/forum/t... ): hence what about Corporate security [ http://www.adler-ls.com/documents/Intelligence%20Glossary%20(US).doc ]? Does it play the same role as Counterintelligence but in another area of danger? Let's compare both definitions.
Corporate security aims at protecting Knowledge assets, whether in the form of physical entities or intellectual (tangible and intangible) property.
Counterintelligence refers to those activities that are concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence services or organisations, or by individuals engaged in Espionage, sabotage, or subversion.
They are too much incoherent, aren't they?…
8.rtf ) for my students there ( http://fedcba.ning.com/group/bi )]? Members of Competitive Intelligence social network have been already interested in discussing counterintelligence problems by Ellen Naylor [on May 6, 2009 at 6:47pm ( http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/xn/detail/2036441:Comment:20321 )], Alessandro Comai [on May 24, 2009 at 4:13pm ( http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/xn/detail/2036441:Comment:22497 )], August Jackson [ on July 30, 2008 at 7:55am ( http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/xn/detail/2036441:Comment:7525 )], and me [on January 23, 2009 at 3:10am ( http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/xn/detail/2036441:Comment:15224 ), on February 18, 2009 at 3:53am ( http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/xn/detail/2036441:Comment:16921 )].
As an e-lecturer preparing the e-course Operation of Surveillance and CSURV Devices ( http://fedcba.ning.com/group/oscd ), I'm interested mainly in Douglas Bernhardt's thought on Technical surveillance countermeasures (TSCM) [Competitive Intelligence: Acquiring and using corporate intelligence and counterintelligence, published in 2003 by FT Prentice Hall, p. 94]. However, most of you will be possibly interested in the following aspect of counterintelligence emphasized by Douglas Bernhardt.
Counterintelligence should not only protect against aggressive and illegal information collection but also against open and legal collection efforts that can harm a company and affect its ability to compete in its market.
Ibidem, p. 88
Am I right? :-)
Best,
Tad
http://www.lemant.user.icpnet.pl/tad/…
.One of the key aims of the conference is to involve and to provide business executives, decision-makers, managers and business unit leaders with the insight to understand business counterintelligence and how it differs from other streams of information management practices. This is a vital conference for those responsible for the protection of information in their organisations. The conference sessions are highly informative, powerful and offers a wealth of opportunities for learning. Another benefit of the conference is the numerous networking opportunities with thought leaders in the profession.In today’s highly competitive market, protecting the information within your organisation is vital to the success of your organisation!The conference will take all participants on an eye-opening journey regarding this important topic. Many organisations are unaware that they are losing information and many have been surprised recently by the spate of information “losses” in their respective industries. …
adversaries.
In some industries law enforcement and counterintelligence agencies will maintain relationships with corporate security departments and maybe even corporate CI units, but it is a working relationship.
There may be exceptions, say, if a foreign intelligence service is contracting a “competitive intelligence consultant” to acquire trade secrets through subterfuge or espionage; or if there is a company that is a front for a foreign intelligence service.
Put it this way: FBI counterintel does not start out looking at corporate CI units or CI consultants for foreign agents. However, during an existing investigation they might find a foreign agent uses CI for a cover. I believe one of the Russian spies caught last summer was a member of SCIP.…
Added by Trip Krant at 3:42pm on February 15, 2011