NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- The FBI estimates corporate espionage costs U.S. companies up to $600 billion in losses, including stolen trade secrets and intellectual property.

Corporate espionage occurs across the country, including Middle Tennessee. In order to protect themselves, many companies are turning to technology experts trained to look for issues.

Jack Byrd is the CEO of Solaren Risk Management. One of the divisions of his Tennessee-based security company deals with corporate espionage through what Byrd called technical surveillance countermeasures.

News 2 spoke with Byrd in California, where with his team of four was going through a 10,000-square-foot office complex that houses a tech company.

Byrd said he often does preventative checks for his corporate clients, but in this c

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