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Empower your organization with methodologies and actionable results tailored to the innovative ways adversaries are targeting you. ### Mitigate Advanced Threat Actors Inform your security operations with greater context answering the “how” and “why” of the threat actors you face. ### Counter Disinformation Enable informed business responses with the “who” and “why” behind coordinated campaigns. ### Mitigate Insider Threats Improve your program’s ability to get to “who” and “what” with technical program building and investigations. ### Stop Platform Abuse Take action against nefarious use of your platforms with the “who” and “how” of threat actors targeting them. ### Cyber Diligence for Mergers and Acquisitions Facilitate a smooth transition with the “what” and “why” of the security risks to your acquisition. ### Third Party Risk Dilligence Increase the effectiveness of your security evaluations with specifics on the “where” and “what” of your third party risk profile. ### Services Access a world-class intelligence capability tailored to your specific needs. Control a multi-million dollar program without the time or expense and solve problems both lasting and acute. ### Managed Intelligence Ongoing risks, whether from one threat actor or many, require persistent focus. Leverage skills, data, and technology to harden your defenses. ### Security Investigations Gain the context needed to make informed decisions during periods of heightened risk. ### What is Managed Intelligence? ## Case Studies ###### 2 min read ## [Investigating Nation-State Espionage and Theft of Intellectual Property](https://blog.nisos.com/case-studies/investigating-nation-state-espionage-and-theft-of-intellectual-property) By [Nisos](https://blog.nisos.com/case-studies/author/nisos) on Jan 5, 2021, 10:22:34 AM [![](https://blog.nisos.com/hubfs/cs-tile-Investigating%20Nation-State%20Espionage%20and%20Theft%20of%20Intellectual%20Property.jpg)](https://blog.nisos.com/case-studies/investigating-nation-state-espionage-and-theft-of-intellectual-property) **The Challenge** A technology company approached Nisos after it appeared some of their source code and intellectual property was leaked. The client discovered the issue after identifying a series of emails that had been sent to one of their engineers from a foreign competitor. The client was understandably alarmed and wanted to understand if competitors or nation-states were targeting their employees in an attempt to access and exploit proprietary intellectual property. **Why Nisos** The client needed a partner with capabilities that extended beyond traditional incident response. They needed a partner with the ability to help them monitor employee devices, establish placement and access in web forums, and use technical internet data to help them determine the severity of any exfiltration of intellectual property. **Preparation** Nisos was provided with access necessary to connect internal forensic data to the external threat hunting we needed to conduct. **Execution** After conducting the forensic device analysis and merging the findings with our external internet data, we uncovered a significant coordinated effort to infiltrate our client’s engineering department. Indications were the attack was being conducted by a competitor backed by a foreign nation-state. This nation-state recruited engineers and sent them to the United States on student and work visas. They were directed to secure employment in the client’s engineering department. The nation-state provided financial backing to intermediaries connected to one of the client’s competitors. Upon a short period of employment, the intermediaries would approach their targets and make an offer on behalf of the competitor to hire the engineers for substantially more money. Prior to leaving our client’s employ, the engineers would secure proprietary source code on removable media and transfer it to the competitor. As part of our investigation, we developed custom technology that allowed us to ingest, translate, and categorize hundreds of thousands of foreign language messages. These messages provided the necessary intelligence in close to real time. During the associated forensic examination process of chat logs and browser history, it was clear the engineers had limited skill sets and were unqualified to be conducting the work for which they were hired. Their sole purpose was to exfiltrate information. **Outcome** Our actions helped the client stop the infiltration and limit losses. In coordination with the client’s legal team, our research was provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After law enforcement became involved, the client continued to monitor the attempted espionage for an ongoing period of time and was able to take action, including termination of the employees as well as filing civil suits against the individuals involved. 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