Corporate espionage remains a persistent and widespread threat to critical proprietary information -- and the financial future -- of many global businesses. This threat not only emanates from state actors, such as China and Russia, but from corporate rivals as well.
Editor's Note: On Nov. 20, I had the great pleasure of attending the 34th annual briefing of the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). I find the OSAC events to be a great time to connect with old friends, colleagues and Stratfor clients — and a great opportunity to learn. I attended a panel called "Modern Tools of Oppression: Analyzing the Impacts of Digital Authoritarianism on the Private Sector." The panelists provided some great insight on the ways authoritarian regimes are seeking to control the internet along with internet and smartphone applications. During the question and answer period, one of the members of the audience asked about travel to China and measures that should be taken by those traveling there. One of the panelists noted that extra security measures when traveling to China are called for, and that those measures are unlike those needed for other trips.
