This book examines technical aspects of industrial espionage and its impact in modern companies, organizations, and individuals while emphasizing the importance of intellectual property in the information era. The authors discuss the problem itself and then provide statistics and real world cases. The main contribution provides a detailed discussion of the actual equipment, tools and techniques concerning technical surveillance in the framework of espionage. Moreover, they present the best practices and methods of detection (technical surveillance counter measures) as well as means of intellectual property protection.
"Androulidakis and Kioupakis present an overview of the technical aspects of industrial espionage and of related countermeasures. ... This is a small book that can be read quickly, written in very simple terms and enriched by plenty of illustrations. Its elementary approach to technical matters makes it approachable to a vast audience of nontechnical readers whose business activities could be affected by the phenomenon of industrial espionage." (Alessandro Berni, Computing Reviews, December, 2016)