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Securitatea informaţiilor - parte a securităţii economice
INFORMATION SECURITY – PART OF ECONOMIC SECURITY

Author(s): Valeriu Ivan
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: economic security; competitive intelligence; information; competitiveness; economy; economic war

Summary/Abstract: In an economy where information supply has greatly increased, power belongs to those who are able, at the proper time, to gather, examine and synthesize, as fast as possible, the relevant data and information available in the competitive environment. This observation seems valid from Small and Medium Businesses to Multinational Corporations and economic activities in which governments are involved. Some states are aware of such competition and, in order to be able to meet the challenge, they have conceived, have applied and now are benefiting of the rewards of some genuine economic war doctrines.The lack of a national institutionalized system capable to support the informational efforts of local companies determines a competitive disadvantage for them on the global economic scene. The perpetuation of this situation has the characteristics specific to a vulnerability which affects national economic security, wherefore the encouragement of informational capabilities development – with emphasis on competitive intelligence and information protection – must become a priority in the national security strategy.

  • Issue Year: 40/2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 69-77
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian