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Glossary: Threats, Threat Actors and Motivations

espionage

Also written: spying, corporate espionage, industrial espionage, government espionage

A motive: secretly gathering confidential information over a long time without being noticed, like the hidden email rule forwarding Sam's hotel bid messages. It can be government or corporate (industrial).

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

intellectual propertyAdvanced persistent threat (APT)state-sponsored