ICI-34 Workshop: Counterintelligence Essentials
Fundamentals for protecting and securing your company’s information and intelligence against corporate espionage
Information and know-how are valuable company assets, and in times of fierce competition, businesses need to protect their information and systems against the threat of corporate espionage. Many companies are unaware of potential information leaks, and as a result counterintelligence operations are neglected or are simply a series of routine technical measures. However, employees typically represent a major weak spot for companies – which means that existing processes and structures for information flows need to be challenged.
Empirical research indicates that most information losses are traced back to a company’s employees, or the personnel of its suppliers, customers, or partners – all of whom have access to confidential information.
At the counterintelligence workshop by the ICI, you’ll look at the different threats your company might face and ways in which you can protect and secure it against attacks. You’ll also learn how to set up counterintelligence processes that involve collecting information and conducting counterintelligence activities.
Workshop Focus
- Recent cybercrime trends
- Cyberwar attacks leading to the shutdown of production facilities or utilities (e.g. Stuxnet, Emotet).
- Ransomware trojans and smart viruses.
- Recent espionage threats and protection:
- Risk audits: Identification, monitoring, and evaluation of risks for information theft.
- Electronic eavesdropping — reality or fiction?
- Audio-visual information gathering.
- Product piracy.
- Information drainage through social engineering:
- Threats: Elicitation, back-door recruitment, external personnel, Romeo approaches, social media activities (sockpuppets), and pretext calls.
- Protection: Vulnerability analysis, employee training, and never-talk-to-strangers policies.
- Security of data and communication networks:
- Protection against hacking and orchestrated attacks.
- The weak spot — exploiting the human factor.
- Opportunities and limitations for technical counterintelligence solutions.
- Secure communication: Safe data transfer methods, minimization of communication risks, and protection of corporate communication structures.
- Internet: How to securely conduct research, transfer data, and avoid harmful software.
- Illustration of attacks with numerous small case studies.
- Counterintelligence: The role of CI/MI professionals in espionage protection.
- Prevention campaigns.
- Penetration tests for an outside-in perspective.
- Briefing/de-briefing of colleagues with sensitive external contacts.
Additional Dates
Next date
| Start Date | Oct 28, 2025 9:00 |
| End Date | Oct 28, 2025 18:00 |
| Price | € 695* (excl. VAT) |
| Workshop Schedule |
October 7, 13:00-17:00 (Berlin time) |
| Participation | On-site or Remote |
| Categories | Workshops, CCIM, Advanced Workshops, ICI-34, Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa, 1day Workshops , Hybrid |
