Espionage is defined as the act or practice of espionage.1 The term "industrial espionage", also known as "corporate espionage" or “Cyber ​​espionage” refers to the act of stealing trade secrets. by deleting, duplicating or recording highly confidential or valuable information in order to gain a competitive advantage. It is defined as the use of illicit means by more aggressive competitors to disrupt their rival's operations or access their sensitive information for greater competitive advantage.2 While industrial espionage involves the theft of information for commercial, which is obviously illegal, competitive Intelligence is the lawful collection of information through conventional practices such as collecting scrap information by attending trade shows or through readily available sources, e.g. publications company records, patent filings and websites.3 Trade secrets are a form of intellectual property, so industrial espionage is most often linked to technology-intensive industries, particularly in the technology sectors. IT and automobiles, where a lot of money is spent on research and development, as the technological changes of this modern era have become of increasing importance to business performance. This acquisition of confidential or proprietary information reduces profits. potential, market share, compromise negotiations, or even cause the targeted company to go bankrupt.4 The perpetrators of industrial espionage generally involve employees, subcontractors or foreign intelligence services. For example, an offending company may pay (or bribe) employees of the target company in exchange for confidential documents. There are also independent employees who steal documents and files and sell them to anyone who thinks middle of paper......have to be surreptitious because a lot of information is readily available i.e. on the internet . Businesses and individuals may also simply request general information by phone or email, or even contact foreign companies as potential business partners in hopes of gaining access through business relationships.58 Spying Industrial industry undoubtedly poses a growing threat to organizations and not much can be done about it. done since intellectual property is intangible. The best proven weapon against this cybercrime is to properly protect information assets, because an organization with a responsible attitude towards information security and proactive measures to implement it will have its forts built strong.59 To quote Sun Tzu: “The ultimate in troop disposition is to be without verifiable form. Then the most penetrating spies cannot search, nor can the wise plan against you..60