Title: Explain the effects of intellectual property (IP) theft.
Course: Cybersecurity in Food and Agriculture > Section: Maintaining Cybersecurity in Agricultural Business Management and Financing

Explanation should include

- the definition of intellectual property
- individual contributions to corporate development, issues of ownership
- long-term effects (e.g., massive revenue losses, cascade effect)
- short-term effects (e.g., lawsuits).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is intellectual property?
- What are the possible issues of ownership surrounding IP?
- What is the cascade effect?
- Why would a cybercriminal use malware to steal agricultural IP? At what point does it become a crime?
- How does the theft of IP lead to the production of counterfeit goods, pirated software, and loss of trade secrets?