There is a great New York Times Article that details current events regarding intellectual property theft with China. This problem is as old as dirt, but we are all aware what the impact of IT has had on the velocity of intellectual property theft. Additionally, when there are structured and pseudo government support for these aggressive and damaging activities the volume and impact is difficult to comprehend.
TechNow has had a very aggressive training program with respect to this type of problem for over twenty years. Even with an array of SANS certifications, ISC2, CompTIA, and other certifications we are still challenged to as an industry to keep upper level management informed and motivated to take action. The policies and mitigations to minimize a foriegn government, organized, well funded attack against intellectual property is cost prohibitive.
Our government needs to become agressive in this area as the impact on our national security is dramatic. These aggessive strategies will likely utilize individuals who have acquired high end skills with our training programs in reverse engineering, intrusion analysis, systems penetration, and malware engineering, applied both in the corporate sector and Intelligence Community.