Luke Bencie: Industrial Espionage A Growing Threat

Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Luke Bencie, Managing Director of Security Management International, explains the growing phenomenon of industrial espionage and how he protects government and business from this little known threat. In this past year, $300 billion in intellectual property was stolen or attempted to be stolen. Whether state-sponsored or private industrial espionage, “old school KGB” style thieves are stealing secrets and selling to the highest bidder, says Bencie, whose company works to equip companies to meet this risk. Bencie, the public point-of-contact for all new business inquires at SMI, also gives tips for keeping your secrets safe given the many ways we are vulnerable as “gaining access to your email information while you’re ‘WiFi-ing’ in the lounge is pretty easy to compromise,” he says.

Listen here: [audio:http://www.securefreedomradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/08292011_Seg3_Bencie_11min13.mp3]

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