For the UK fair trade organisation, see Traidcraft.

Tradecraft is a collective word for the techniques used in modern espionage. It can be used to refer to general topics or techniques (dead drops, for example), or the specific techniques of a nation or organization (the particular form of encryption used by the NSA, for example).

Espionage technology and techniques

• Cryptography
• Steganography
• Dead drop
• Cut-out
• Eavesdropping
• Surveillance
• One-time pad
• One-way voice link
• Concealment device
• Agent handling
• Interrogation
• Black Bag Operations
• False flag operations
• Honey trap
• TEMPEST — Protection devices for communication equipment.

External links

• Tradecraft Notes - via Professor J. Ransom Clark, Muskingum College

Espionage