SIGNIFICANCE AND VALUE OF BUSINESS INFORMATION AND MEASURES OF PROTECTION IN THE INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE

The world is full of data and information that has value in the business world. We always want to get information, but we cannot always have them at a crucial moment when we need them. The information can depend on the business of an enterprise, and therefore information is increasingly sold or even attempted to fake and steal to prevent the advance of the competition. This paper deals with the issue of industrial espionage operated by intelligence services for the purpose of various interests of a company from a country. The article will explain the concepts related to industrial espionage, the importance and value of business information and the spread of industrial espionage. Also, the paper will list some of the motives and reasons for the industrial espionage process, will indicate the goals of companies that pay intelligence services to work for them, then strategies and methods used by intelligence services, technical support, the legality of procedures and data protection. Then, the paper also provides a legal and illegal way of gathering information in order to benefit from competing companies. Information can be a basis for various aspects of business, such as easier decision-making, forecasting, business operations, providing greater security, facilitating bargaining. The accuracy and objectivity of assessing how much information really is worthy depend on several criteria, such as the time of obtaining information, goals, the usefulness of the information, the subjective perception of the importance of information.