It is now essential that companies guard their information more vehemently then ever. The methods involved by third parties to obtain confidential information are varied, but we have found that there are three main ways in which they employ these methods:

"Under Cover Agents" or "moles" are placed within organizations, their sole purpose being to pass information to competitors, or even worse, sell the information to the markets highest bidder. These "moles" usually take the form of either an existing employee who requires the information for his/her own purposes or has been approached by a third party with the promise of financial gain, or someone applying for a job with the sole purpose of obtaining the relevant information. We have found that there are a number of ways to locate the individuals concerned together with the methods that they employ. Following their location we can then locate their true employers and legal action can be instigated.