GEOPOLITICS9 August 2026· 16 min
Defensive Economic Intelligence: Protecting Strategic Assets in 2024
As corporate espionage costs exceed $600B annually, mastering defensive economic intelligence is no longer optional. This premium guide delivers a battle-tested methodology, quantified threat models, and prioritized playbooks to shield your most critical assets.
SOURCES
[1]FBI Economic Espionage Unit Annual Report 2023 — Intellectual Property Theft Threat Assessment
[2]IBM Security — Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 (Ponemon Institute)
[3]EUIPO — The Economic Cost of IPR Infringement in the European Union, 2023 Update
[4]Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) 2023
[5]ASIS International — Economic Espionage and Trade Secret Theft: Are Your Company's Secrets Well Protected? (2022 Guidelines)
[6]NCSC UK — Annual Review 2023: State-Sponsored Threats to UK Economic Security
[7]SANS Institute — Insider Threat Survey and Benchmarking Study 2023
[8]McKinsey & Company — Automotive Supply Chain Risk Report 2023
[9]GIFAS / SGDSN — Plan de renforcement de la sécurité économique dans l'industrie aérospatiale française (2021–2023)
[10]Recorded Future — Annual Threat Intelligence Report: Economic Espionage Trends 2023