Theft of trade secrets is likely the most pressing threat to the security of sensitive information maintained by U.S. companies. As Attorney General Eric Holder stated in 2013, ”[t]here are only two categories of companies affected by trade secret theft: those that know they’ve been compromised—and those that don’t know it yet.”1
Further, the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive has estimated losses from economic espionage to be in the tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars annually to the American economy.2
Government’s Efforts
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