Human Intelligence Espionage versus Technical Espionage

  Human Intelligence Espionage versus Technical Espionage Espionage exists in many forms.
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Introduction
Espionage is considered agents, spies, intelligence officers to spy and gather critically secret information. Spying is done via illegal means. Majorly the government companies do espionage. For example, an agent infiltrating the other state and collecting that state's critical information and secrets. (Pun, Darien 2017, 353). It also encompasses getting an insight into the military secrets. There are different kinds of spies, including inside spy, local spy, dead spy, reverse spy, and the living spy. (Edgar, Harold, and Benno 1973, 929)
Types of Espionage
There are different types of espionage, namely: The clandestine cell system. Counter-terrorism organization and counterintelligence, Cyber Security, Cyber spying, Cyberespionage, Counterintelligence failures, Human intelligence espionage, Technical espionage, Human intelligence espionage (Piekalkiewicz, Janusz 1998)
Human intelligence espionage is also called clandestine human intelligence, in which all the intelligence is operated and gathered through human sources. It's done with the proper method named covert espionage. The collection of data or information could be done openly as well as with a confidential system. Examples of human intelligence include problem-solving, learning, reasoning, and these are moral as to be very succor facets of human intelligence.
Technical espionage
Technical espionage is the spying of the technology, use of weapons, and weapons used by the armed forces. In the contemporary era of globalization, the ratio of physical war with face-to-face battle has been diminished, while now states, governments, and countries do cold war these days. In the cold war, technical espionage and this kind of information are crucial and devastating if the other country knows your secret weapon and location. (Haste, Glenn 2011)
How human intelligence espionage is conducted
Human intelligence is the field in every country that is capable of executing protection and national security missions. These have prevailed y the actionable intelligence operated y the intelligence. There are different functions and activities that agents or spies perform in human intelligence, such as the clandestine collection of intelligence and the group, management, direct intelligence, and reporting cycles.
The clandestine collection should be focused on the national and military requirements, which are of high priority. It demands a high level of expertise, attention, management, and coordination as well. This the agents are secretly exploited with their tasks. The services of clandestine can also be operated with the integration of liaison with other spy services. It results in the running operations of all types such as computers, facility protection, installing devices, tapping of telephones, influencing the cryptographic capabilities. It is helpful as it protects against the other intelligence infiltration services by using penetration of double agents. Covert human intelligence can acquire different competitive techniques to have access to direct programs that influence and direction the president. The contribution of human intelligence is solid in various critical areas that include terrorism, proliferation, narcotics, and foreign economies. Human intelligence for narcotics is termed as very preferable as compared to other intelligence espionage. Human intelligence contributes 40 percent to proliferation.
How technical espionage is conducted
Technical espionage is also called technical intelligence. It is the intelligence of weapons, equipment, technology used by the armed forces of the countries. Technological espionage collects the technical and scientific intelligence and analyzes the incorporation and integration of since and technology with the weapon. Suppose the national security has the information regarding the weapons and equipment of other countries, especially enemy countries. In that case, it can prepare their weapons and counter weapons always to have the game level towards them. Technical intelligence should not be mixed with the use of information through technology.
It is operated to meet the requirements of military maneuvers. The information regarding the equipment and weapons is done with a chance which plays a vital role in the collection. It all starts when something extra is used on the battlefield or kept secret from the world. The wish list is developed as the requirements of technical intelligence or technical espionage. The first phase is the collection of materials and relevant documents. The next phase is about the testing and analysis, or it is said to be the exploitation phase. In this, technical and operational tests are included. Afterward, the finished intelligence summarizes and portrays the results to the higher militants and national officials.
Strengths of human intelligence espionage
In human intelligence espionage, cognitive abilities are the main strengths because observation is critical. Human intelligence is adaptive according to the prevailing conditions and situations. Human intelligence espionage is capable of accumulating, understanding, and handling abstract concepts. Human intelligence is physical and rational, and it yields promising results. This type of espionage is conducted to gather the necessary information of other countries, their governments, and their planning. If the country has the comprehension of the secret of its rival country, then it has a plush point and can defeat it by using the secret information as the bait. (House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence)
Limitations of human intelligence espionage
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