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Industrial Espionage and Digital Forensics

The world of business is cutthroat andsometimes this data can be stolen by an
everybody vies to be the best. The moneyemployee, it does not always have to be an
involved runs into millions of dollars so theinside  job.
stakes are high. Just as some companies
invest a lot of money in Research andCyber  Crime
Development, some companies invest in staying
ahead of the competition through industrialCyber Crime is the new age version of crime.
espionage.Since it happens in a virtual world, it is
difficult to trace and prevent. Cyber
Industrial Espionage in the Age of Digitalcriminals are experts who use their knowledge
Dataof computers and information technology to
steal data. They use different ways to steal
Just as every aspect of our lives keeps upthis data and can do so without being at the
with current trends, industrial espionage toolocation of the crime. These computer
has utilized digital technology to itscriminals are clever and becoming
advantage. The risk of cyber theft isincreasingly more sophisticated in their
constant and every company has to guardattacks. They use customised programs like
against this. Digital data is easy to steal"remote access Trojans" or RATs to lurk in
when one knows how to do it. Since cybervirtual territory. These programs are
space is such a vast universe, it is hard tospecially designed to latch on to a web
secure every bit of data that is created anduser's credentials and gain insider
stored. While there are professionals whoinformation.
create this valuable data there are equally
trained experts lurking around to get hold ofThese cyber criminals are always one step
this  data.ahead of the security measures adopted by
companies. For every encryption code that is
Global economies constantly need to share anddeveloped, there is someone hired to decode
exchange data. This data is transferred usingit. "Pharming" is a cyber tactic that is used
the advantages that the Internet has toto intercept communication between online
offer. Between the person sending the datashoppers and an enterprise. This data is then
and the person receiving it, there is a caseused  by  cyber criminals to their advantage.
of industrial espionage waiting to happen.
The reason why companies are willing to payDigital  Forensics
so much to have access to this data is
because it gives them an insight into whatDigital forensics is the science which
the competition is up to. Also, unlikeinvestigators use to unravel cyber crimes.
before, digital data can be stolen from aForensic experts investigate files and data
remote location and does not always need astored on the computer belonging to a
person  to  be  physically  present.suspect. Even when data is erased it can be
recovered and this can help police solve a
Valuable  Datacase. Forensic investigators examine three
basic kinds of data. The data that they look
The data that cyber criminals are after canat are -- saved data, meta data and deleted
vary in content. There are some hackers whodata. The data that is normally accessible on
are paid to steal any kind of data that theya hard drive is known as saved data. Images,
can gain access to. Since data carries theInternet Logs, Documents and Program Files
clues about how a company is functioning, itall  comprise  saved  data.
helps a competitor get an insight. However,
there are also some cyber crimes that areMeta data is the data that defines the saved
very specific and require a great deal ofdata giving clues about when a file was
expertise. When a company is in the researchcreated, when it was last accessed and
and development stage of a breakthroughmodified etc. Deleted data includes those
product, there could be a lot of rivalsfiles that have been deleted from a computer.
wanting  access  to  this  data.In reality, these files still exist on the
hard drive and only have been removed from
When cyber crime is specific, it involvesthe Master Index Record. Experts can recover
highly skilled and trained cyber criminals.this data and trace the path of the cyber
These people are usually professionals andcrime.
very intelligent. They have probably given up
lucrative careers for an even more lucrativeDigital forensics is a highly specialised and
option. The kind of data these professionaltechnology-dependent, investigative process.
hackers are after could be strategy paper,This process is a very necessary part of the
engineering designs, blueprints of newworld of Information Technology. Industrial
products, financial information, bids andespionage in the digital age can only be
mergers, future strategies etc. Whilecountered by digital forensics.



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