Publisher's Synopsis
Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 60, Brunel University, course: Intelligence and Security Studies, language: English, abstract: Enterprises, both state and non-state that are cognizant of their competitive advantage carry out some form of CI activities within their organizational structures in collaboration with security in order to secure their edge. As organizations become more complex, specialization creeps in, thus warranting specialized departments or teams to be responsible for recognizing and protecting their respective share of the business secrets. As a result, CI, in the business of protecting secrets and preventing it from landing in the hands of enemies tends to disperse as a key responsibility across specialized departments within organizations and not just only with the security team. This article examines how some enterprises in the public and private sector have organized their CI and security efforts and why they are organized that way. The analysis will then be used to establish that CI is not necessarily an extension of the duties of a security officer, rather, CI has a much broader scope than security.
