Business intelligence is a systematic and ethical method of gathering and analyzing information regarding the competitors' activities, capabilities, and business orientations. The information is gathered from a wide range of sources and is intended to help identify strategic changes in the competitors' operations beforehand and predict their next steps in order to gain a relative advantage. Business environments change rapidly, so the need for a means of monitoring the competitors' progress is growing. We basically assume that gathering intelligence regarding the competitors is essential for any company's decision-making and management processes.

The National Security Unit's Security Consultation Department delivers training sessions and instructions in the field of business intelligence to enhance the ability of any company to be part of a competitive market. The services the National Security Unit offers its customers are intended to enable them to gather information regarding their competitors to gain an advantage. The specialists at the National Security Unit can identify and define the organization's business-intelligence objectives, which are intended to support strategic, tactical, and operative decisions made by the management.

Information means strength and power and is a strategic asset.

work with the customer to precisely define the necessary information pursuant to the company's strategies. The process is intended to facilitate the continuous obtainment, analysis, and categorization of data and its duration may very pursuant to the strategies set by the company's management.

Employee and Candidate Reliability

Examining the reliability of workers has two aspects: examining workers who are already employed by the company and examining job candidates who are supposed to be employed by the company.

The reliability of workers who are already employed by the company may need to be examined for several reasons:

• Intending to promote an employee to a position that involves commercial secrets or large sums of money.
• Intending to promote an employee to a very senior position or offering the employee partnership.
• Suspecting that one of the employees is providing business information to competitors, stealing information, or deliberately causing damage to the company.
• Suspecting that one of the employees is lying about his or her working hours, is not following directions, or has forged authorizations.

The reliability of workers who are undergoing the company's recruitment process may need to be examined for several reasons:

• Preventing the company from hiring persons with a criminal/dubious record.
• Verifying the information in the candidate's CV
• Checking the candidate's martial status and personal background to prevent a potential conflict of interest.

The National Security Unit's Security Consultation Department can inspect the reliability of workers for its customers in order to determine the threat they may pose to a company if hired. The reliability examination comprises several aspects:

• Polygraph
• Installation of surveillance and monitoring equipment
• Surveillance and wiretapping, if necessary.