GEOPOLITICS30 May 2026· 16 min

Defensive Economic Intelligence: A Systematic Framework to Protect Strategic Assets

State-sponsored espionage, supply chain infiltration, and competitive intelligence theft cost global firms over $600B annually. This premium guide delivers a battle-tested, five-layer defensive intelligence methodology with measurable ROI benchmarks and actionable protection protocols.

InekIA Editorial Team

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[1]FBI Economic Espionage Program Annual Report 2023 — https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/counterintelligence/economic-espionage

[2]IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 — https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breach

[3]Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2023 — https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/

[4]NCSC (UK) & CISA Joint Advisory on State-Sponsored Cyber Activity Targeting Critical Sectors 2023 — https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/advisory-on-state-sponsored-targeting

[5]DTEX Systems Annual Insider Threat Intelligence Report 2023 — https://dtexsystems.com/insider-threat-report/

[6]RAND Corporation: Adversarial Use of Open Source Intelligence 2023 — https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/adversarial-osint.html

[7]Ponemon Institute: Cost of Insider Threats Global Report 2023 — https://www.ponemon.org/research/ponemon-library/security/the-cost-of-insider-threats-global-report.html

[8]MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Framework v14 — https://attack.mitre.org/

[9]ASIS International: Trade Secret Theft and Insider Threat Survey 2022 — https://www.asisonline.org/publications--resources/research/