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