Abstract

A summary of counterintelligence threat chokepoints from the perspectives of the United States, Israel, the European Union, Nordic countries, and South Africa are presented. These chokepoints seem to stem from geopolitical competitiveness and manifest as espionage, subversion, terrorism, and covert action in any accessible domain possible. The discussion of threat focus areas has been chosen after consideration of the ontology of such threats, including new security challenges like hybrid threats, grey-zone influences, and some specific threats propagated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion concludes with a brief view on counterintelligence threat enablers, accelerators, and effects. The aim is to provide a comparative view of existing counterintelligence threats, agendas, and threat responses to increase both awareness and resilience.

摘要

从美国、以色列、欧盟、北欧国家和南非的角度总结了反情报威胁的瓶颈。这些瓶颈似乎源于地缘政治竞争，表现为间谍活动、颠覆、恐怖主义和在任何可能进入的领域的秘密行动。在考虑了此类威胁的本体之后，选择了对威胁重点领域的讨论，包括新的安全挑战，如混合威胁、灰色地带影响以及 COVID-19 大流行传播的一些特定威胁。讨论最后简要介绍了反情报威胁的促成因素、加速因素和影响。目的是提供现有反情报威胁、议程和威胁响应的比较视图，以提高意识和弹性。