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Corporate Spying: Snooping, by Hook or by Crook

Corporate spies come in many guises, but they all have one thing in common: They want to use your company's secrets for competitive gain. This is a five-step guide to how snoops operate.

By Sarah D. Scalet

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It's a difficult job, to be sure. It requires looking at security holistically, understanding what information is most valuable, evaluating threats around the world and educating everyone in the business. Nolan likes to joke about one company where he helped evaluate its intelligence risks. When he asked if the security officer would attend a meeting, everyone laughed. "They said, 'No, Barney probably wouldn't fit into this conversation,'" he recalls. "I said, 'Is his name Barney?' And they said, 'No, he just fits the Barney Fife image.'"

This is not a job for the Barney Fifes of the world. It's much more difficult, with much more responsibility. But isn't that what CSOs are asking for?

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