IP Theft: Crowdfunding sites harvested by Chinese counterfeiters

It should surprise no one to learn that the Chinese factories which are engaged the production of counterfeit goods produce goods which are identical or indistinguishable from the originals. The factories are engaged in intellectual property theft (IP theft) and are building their products by reverse engineering a product then creating the counterfeit version, or creating the counterfeit product by stealing …

The Four Vectors Targeting Intellectual Property

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output]On 18 February, CEO Prevendra, Christopher Burgess had the pleasure to present at the Seattle Technical Forum conclave, one of five, presenting on a topic within cyber security. His topic, drawn from the offerings of Prevendra’s Two-Day Knowledge Share was, The Four Vectors Targeting Intellectual Property. Those who have read, Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost will recognize the vectors to …

Industrial Espionage in Small/Medium Enterprises – ThomasNet

  On 17 October 2013, ThomasNet ran a piece on industrial espionage (“Industrial Espionage Threats to SMEs Originate from Within“), and interviewed Prevendra’s CEO, Christopher Burgess on some of the fundamental issues and distinguishing the difference between ethical data collection and espionage.    [custom_blockquote style=”blue”] Christopher Burgess, CEO of Prevendra Inc., a security, privacy and intelligence firm based in Washington, told IMT that …

China’s intellectual property advance

Prevendra’s Christopher Burgess posted a piece on China in the Huffington Post – China’s Military – Here we are!, which noted how the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been eating the West’s intellectual property lunch for the past 25+ years in accordance with the PRC”s published doctrine. Especially worthy of note for those following the national security and geopolitical …

Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost

Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost, Preventing Intellectual Property Theft and Economic Espionage in the 21st Century (Syngress 2008 –  by Christopher Burgess and Richard Power) The threats of economic espionage and intellectual property (IP) theft are global, stealthy, insidious, and increasingly common. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, IP theft is estimated to top $250 billion annually and also costs the …

Crimeware – a book review by Christopher

Five stars to Jakobsson & Ramzan for a most useful guide to understanding the underbelly of the internet. The strength exhibited by this book lies within the all-star lineup of contributors and the thorough dissection of the numerous forms of crimeware. Their book is a must read for anyone who has responsibility or an interest in protecting Personal Identifying Information (PII), Private Consumer Information (PCI) or Intellectual Property (IP).

2008 – Presentations by Christopher Burgess

In 2008, the publication of Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost, proved to be the entree to a great many speaking engagements.  Once again, I was invited to NATO’s information assurance conference, and to the AFIO annual intelligence symposium.  All in all 2008, saw a diverse and exiciting schedule of events, all of which served to continue to increase the awareness of …

2007 – Presentations by Christopher Burgess

In 2007 I learned much about the concept of “Thought Leadership” and was pleased to have been invited by both public and private entities to speak to their organizations and personnel.  Visting Purdue University, Massachusetts for the E-Government Summit, and NATO for their Information Assurance conference, and supporting the HTCIA, ASIS, WRG  and AGMA and getting to meet their constituents.    I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the many …

2006 – Presentations by Christopher Burgess

The year 2006 was an interesting one, with my public speaking engagements limited, as I transitioned from a government executive to a corporate executive.  I largely focused my presentations on the various aspects of industrial and corporate espionage, and finished the book, Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost.   Speaking at the Anti Phishing Working Group on the art of targeted online attacks …