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The New-Old Global
Business Environment
INTRODUCTION
For those who have responsibility for the protection of corporate assets, it
means protecting the assets from all threats — natural and man-made. The
emphasis of this book is on the protection of those assets (e.g., information,
facilities, equipment, and employees) from fraudulent attacks.
In order to protect corporate assets from fraud, it is vitally important
that the security professional and those in business management under-
stand the global business environment in which the corporation will do
business; they must also know where the corporate assets are located and
how vulnerable they ...