Electronic debugging, once the exclusive realm of James Bond, is now done regularly.
"Industrial espionage is a particularly hot topic right now," said Kevin D. Murray, an IAPSC member and spokesman for the group. "About half the time when there has been an intrusion, it is a competitor. For the rest, it's done by people within the company, snooping for advantage or involved with internal politics."
Debugging is not an idle practice.
"If a company has business or trade secrets and there is litigation, a court will look to the firm's extended security measures as part of the proof that it is indeed a business secret," Murray said. "Security sweeps done on a regular basis will catch problems before they become problems." (more)