India's growing corporate spy threat
Several recent high-profile cases have brought to the surface a disturbing trend in the Indian corporate world: industrial espionage.
The targets are mostly multinational companies, but at times even large Indian firms become victims. The culprits are mostly foreign companies and smaller local firms trying to gain an edge on their competitors.
According to a survey conducted last year by the global consulting firm Ernst & Young, the corporate sector in India faces the highest threat of fraud, including espionage. Another study, also conducted last year, by the Indian arm of the global consultancy firm KPMG, said: "Organizations today face a completely different set of challenges - globalization, rapidly evolving technology, rapid development in industry and business, risks and complexity of information and data management; the list is endless." KPMG said that in this changed scenario, the risks of fraud faced by organizations in India had increased manifold.
