Companies are increasingly focusing on the problem of industrial espionage - "The highly specialized German SME sector in particular, with its many 'hidden champions' in the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and vehicle construction, is a popular target," says Kempf. According to a Bitkom survey conducted in spring 2014, 30% of companies with 20 or more employees have recorded IT security incidents in the past two years. Smaller and medium-sized companies with 20 to 499 employees are significantly more affected with a share of 31%. "Most IT security incidents are ...