Michael Kan, PC Mag; Feds to US Firms: Watch Out for Employees Trying to Steal Trade Secrets for China
"“It’s not a spy versus spy game anymore,” said William Evanina, Director
of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, during the
panel. “This is the businessman, the engineer, the scientist, the
student, the professor.”...
To stop the intellectual property theft, the feds are urging US
companies to protect against insider threats, which can be spurred on
both by foreign governments and domestic rivals, they noted. But the
answer isn’t to profile employees or stop hiring staffers from certain
countries, [John] Demers[US Assistant Attorney General for National Security] said. He suggests companies develop internal systems
that can track when employees are accessing sensitive company files,
which can help pinpoint when a IP theft might be occurring. For example,
if a soon-to-be ex-staffer is suddenly accessing a huge trove of a
confidential documents, the system should immediately flag the download
to company administrators."
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