ELECTRONIC THREAT / COUNTER INTELLIGENCE

Anybody dealing with sensitive information (be it trade secrets or information related corporate mergers or take-overs – especially listed companies) that could be regarded as valuable to a third party, is at risk.

Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) otherwise known as debugging, describes the methods that are used to identify or to counter any effort to obtain information, through the use of a various electronic eavesdropping and other surveillance devices.

This would include a methodical physical and electronic inspection of a defined area by appropriately trained and qualified persons, utilising suitable equipment and proven techniques in an attempt to uncover any covert transmitting, recording or eavesdropping devices, illegally deployed to obtain information to which the “eavesdropper” should not be entitled.

While many people claim to be “debugging” experts, it should be noted that professional TSCM services require not only sophisticated equipment, but also specialist knowledge of electronics, security, investigations, technical expertise amongst many other skills.