SCMT392 - Industrial Espionage

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

CO-1: Analyze the global threat to information, counterintelligence and counterintelligence.

CO-2: Evaluate the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 and associated problems that impact businesses and government.

CO-3: Assess conclusions regarding economic and military espionage, competitive intelligence; and operational security, and risk management techniques to mitigate the Netspionage threat.

CO-4: Compare and contrast methods and procedures for protecting proprietary and confidential information.

CO-5: Interpret the fundamental changes to the business environment which facilitate the acts of espionage.

CO-6: Analyze the tradecrafts of spies and effective countermeasures to thwart the threat.

Forum Discussions

Each week, a discussion question is provided and posts should reflect an assimilation of the readings. Students are required to provide a substantive initial post by Thursday at 11:55 pm ET and respond to 2 or more classmates by Sunday 11:55 pm ET. Forum posts are graded on timeliness, relevance, knowledge of the weekly readings, and the quality of original ideas. Your initial post should contain at least 350 word (minus referencing) and each peer response (2) should contain at least 150 words.

Midterm Assessment

The midterm assessment will consist of two short essay questions topic questions and will cover the required reading found in the lessons.

Topic/Outline and Research Paper

Each student is required to submit a research paper (minimum of 8-10 pages NOT including the title, reference, or other non-text pages, diagrams, etc.) on a topic related to the scope of the course and approved by the instructor. An abstract is not desired and ensure you refrain from excessive subheadings. The outline may be submitted through the course room assignment text editor. Copy and paste the outline into the assignment text editor.

The research paper must be of high quality and in APA format and contain at least 5-7 sources. All information that is not original to the student MUST be cited properly. Students are highly encouraged to submit their papers to Turnitin, a web-based plagiarism prevention application licensed, for campus use, through the APUS Online Library. The assignment should be in Times New Roman with a 12-poing font. In addition, doubled spaced throughout with no excessive spacing.

Wimmer, B. (2015). Business Espionage: Risks Threats, and Countermeasures. Waltham, MD: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN: 978-0-12420054-8. http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=http://library.books24x7.com/toc.asp?bookid=7098