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Danish companies anxious of industrial espionage after revelations that the US spied and collated data.
Thursday, 04 July 2013
The revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency NSA surveillance
systems are being used actively in Europe has intensified fears of
industrial espionage could be rife among Danish companies. The fears is
that the US might have been collecting industrial secrets from Danish
companies.
"What we are nervous about is that our trade secrets and development
might have been taken so that other companies are able to launch them
before we can. Therefore, we must look at whether we can intensify our
efforts further strengthen our security going forward ," says CEO of
Ambu, Lars Marcher to Danish radio and television.
Ambu produces medical devices used in emergency rooms and ambulances,
and according to several experts, there is good reason to fear that
other countries could help their companies to spy on the company.
For example, the U.S. National Security Agency NSA through the
surveillance program, Prism potentially collects data from Danish
companies, reports Danish Radio and television.
Monitoring is not a new phenomenon, but foreign media disclosures of the scale has outraged leaders across Europe.
The former NSA employee, Edward Snowden, has among other things, told
German Magazine Der Spiegel that Americans used hidden microphones in
the EU representations in the United States. Germany is the European
country that the NSA, according to Edward Snowden, has spied on the
most.
In addition, half a billion German e-mails and phone calls a month are
being examined as well as increased NSA spying against the German
government and possibly the German Chancellor.
"NSA is difficult to guard against, because they are so tech savvy,"
says Jens Christensen, chief consultant at CSIS, who advises companies
on IT security, according to Danish radio and television.
Danish companies are generally very frugal with information on whether they have been exposed to espionage.
Interest Organization DI has received several requests from member
companies who suspect they might have been exposed to espionage by
foreign intelligence services. Whether there has been such feeling
about the U.S., no one will confirm or deny.
"There is speculation that some of these attacks originate from the
U.S., but it is not safe to say of that attack is exceptionally
skilleful," says chief consultant in DI,
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In the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE) Department of Cyber
Security, Danish companies are called to take espionage risk more
seriously.
According to FE, the most serious cyber threats to Denmark comes
from state actors, who using their national intelligence services
carry out espionage and to steal trade secrets. In addition, students
who are on exchange are used to collect information in the countries
where they are studying. Therefore, Danish companies should remain
vigilant.
by Scancomark.com Team