Cybercrime and Espionage

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State-Sponsored Intelligence

Information in this chapter

• Espionage and Its Influence on Next-Generation Threats

• Intelligence Types

• Traditional Forms of Intelligence Gathering

Introduction

State-sponsored intelligence has played an integral role in establishing, managing, and retaining dominion since human beings first banded together in large, extended families, thousands of years ago, and began implementing social and geographic boundaries for themselves and their neighbors. History has shown this to be the case, and here, in the twenty-first century, state-sponsored intelligence is no less important or necessary. It is a very real part of our world, one which is not always easily understood but nevertheless imperative to our survival. ...