Blind Spot: U.S. Research Institutions Vulnerable to Foreign Theft

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
A Chinese national is charged with stealing sensitive data from
M d Anderson after working there for three years on
a research scholar visa. Alan Phelps, CEO of the security
firm IP Talents, says these institutions must take research security
more seriously.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Policies are good, procedures are good, but we really need
a culture shift in the researchers themselves. If you're working
on something that's incredibly valuable, can you have an obligation
not to misuse that access as to be given to
you and prevent misappropriation?

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Ads that we need to protect research data in the
same way we protect classified information. Corey Jilson, who's Radio
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