From discrediting rival companies to obtaining classified information — an indispensable presence for major corporations, it's high-risk but high-reward work.
The ~たり…たりと pattern lists representative actions — 'things like defaming and obtaining.' ~であるため is a formal causal pattern: 'because it is.' ハイリスク and ハイリターン are loanwords used as-is. ~ながら here means 'while being, despite being' — concessive, not simultaneous.