This article seeks to reassess Robert Harley's role as Secretary of State (1704–10) and especially his work in the intelligence espionage fields day. It examines not only reputation such affairs but skills techniques early eighteenth-century espionage, also failures. sets out important administrative background work, how he handled processed secret material through secretarial office. explores ...

We analyze industrial espionage in a model of two firms: a monopoly incumbent, M, and a potential entrant, E, who owns a noisy intelligence system (IS) of a certain precisionα . The IS generates a signal on M’s action and E decides whether or not to enter based on this signal. We show that ifα is commonly known, M is the one who benefits from a perfect IS and E who spies on M prefers a less acc...

Intelligence is not a synonym for “truth” or some higher form of knowledge and enlightenment, but a reasoned estimate based on the fullest, most recent and credible evidence available, concerning a problem or situation of some urgency, about which only limited information, which is sometimes questionable as to its authenticity and pertinence, can be obtained by the time a critical decision must...

Nowadays in the cyber world, massive amounts of data are being collected, transmitted, and stored by different organizations and individuals. As an important asset, data must be well protected in storage and during transmission. Data security is a crucial factor to the success of new information technologies and infrastructures, such as Cloud Computing and Big Data. This Special Issue includes ...