http://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-science/espionage-in-academia-how-to-stop-spies-and-thieves-from-swiping-top-research/copyright-university-spying-cnrs-technology/c4s9644/ By David Larousserie LE MONDE/Worldcrunch 26 September 2012 PARIS - Pirates, spies, moles, thieves: those who want to steal the scientific treasures of French research laboratories had better be careful. With a new measure to protect the "nation’s scientific and technical potential," in the next few months every organization, university and engineering school will be receiving instructions on how to protect themselves. Indeed, spying on national or foreign competitors is not limited to industrial espionage: fundamental and applied research are also targeted. "This is not imaginary. You would have to be naively optimistic not to know that there research is a target of international information-gathering strategies," says Jean Marimbert, secretary general and security chief of the French education and research ministry. No doubt there are few espionage scandals as bad as that of “Farewell,” the code name of a French double agent who worked for the KGB and its French counterpart of the time, the DST, during the 1970s and 1980s; nor as serious as the case of Rolf Dobbertin, a French researcher accused of spying for East Germany in 1979. He was finally acquitted in 1991. But the threat exists. Certainly, preventing the proliferation of nuclear, chemical or bacteriological weapons is still a priority, but with globalization and economic competition, attention is also turning toward laboratories researching for patents, start-ups, and other innovative products. There have been leaks, although the people we interviewed did not want to discuss them. "A research scientist is not going to brag that someone stole his computer or his idea. A laboratory will not be proud of having been burglarized," we were told. But several enlightening stories are already making the rounds. [...] -- ExpandingSecurity.com Live OnLine classes won’t wreck your schedule. Get that cert and be done before 2012 ends. Last ISSAP 2012 class starts Sept. 25th. Last 2012 CISSP and CEH starts Oct. 1: CEH info signup: http://www.expandingsecurity.com/product/ceh-certified-ethical-hacker-online/ CISSP info signup: http://www.expandingsecurity.com/product/cissp-live-online-10-week-course/ ISSAP info signup: http://www.expandingsecurity.com/product/issap-information-systems-security-architecture-professional/Received on Wed Sep 26 2012 - 02:42:36 PDT
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