Corporate Espionage Response
The leak has already happened. A counterparty knew your reserve price. A competitor pre-empted your launch. A journalist quoted a document that never left the executive floor. What you do in the next two weeks determines whether you end the exposure or teach the other side to hide better.
The discipline of response
Espionage response fails in predictable ways: organisations confront suspects before evidence is preserved, discuss the investigation in the compromised environment, or treat a systemic collection operation as a one-off leak. Each error alerts the adversary and destroys legal options. Risk3's response methodology exists to prevent all three.
We treat every matter as potentially contentious from the first hour. Evidence is handled to forensic standard, knowledge of the investigation is restricted to named individuals, and each investigative step is planned with counsel so that findings remain usable, in employment action, civil recovery, regulatory engagement or criminal referral.
What the service includes
- Rapid technical response, immediate TSCM inspection of relevant environments to determine whether collection is ongoing, and to stop it on your terms rather than the adversary's.
- Leak-path analysis, a structured reconstruction of where the compromised information existed, who had access, and which channels, technical, human or procedural, could have moved it.
- Insider threat investigation, discreet inquiry into personnel with access, combining access records, digital forensics and, where appropriate, lawful interviews coordinated with counsel and HR.
- Digital forensics, examination of devices, systems and discovered hardware to establish what was taken, when, and where it went.
- eDiscovery support, defensible collection, processing and review support when the matter proceeds to litigation or arbitration.
- Controlled-information operations, where appropriate, uniquely identifiable material introduced through suspected channels to confirm and attribute the leak.
- Expert evidence, reporting and testimony that withstands cross-examination, from consultants who have given evidence in commercial disputes.
Outcomes we work towards
Not every matter should end in court, and not every insider should be marched out of the building. The right outcome may be quiet remediation, a negotiated resolution with a counterparty who knows they have been caught, or a full evidential package supporting an injunction and damages. Our role is to give you attribution, evidence and options, and the operational discipline to keep all of them open until you choose.
Contain. Attribute. Resolve.
Stabilise
Knowledge of the investigation restricted; compromised environments identified and either sanitised or exploited under control; further loss stopped.
Preserve
Devices, logs, access records and physical evidence secured to forensic standard before any personnel action tips the adversary.
Investigate
Leak-path analysis, technical inspection and insider inquiry run in parallel, with hypotheses tested against evidence, not suspicion.
Attribute
The channel, the actor and, where possible, the beneficiary established to a standard that supports action.
Resolve & harden
Legal, employment or commercial resolution executed with counsel; the exposure closed; controls redesigned so the same channel cannot reopen.
Every day the channel stays open, the adversary's position improves.
All enquiries handled under strict confidentiality