Military Procurement and Maintenance Teams
In all military units, equipment is purchased, distributed and maintained in a variety of ways. How many of the military procurement, distribution or maintenance policies include Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM) considerations?
For example, if a piece of hardware is sourced and procured by a military procurement team,
- who is tasked with checking that no technical surveillance potential has been included within the item?
- When an item is outsourced for repair or regular maintenance/calibration services, who checks that there are no ‘trojan additions’ within the item?
- Who checks that no alterations to software have taken place that will render an item capable of being used as a technical surveillance attack?
- when large items such as aircraft are sent to an overseas maintenance centre, how will you determine if a technical surveillance attack/method of attack has been installed at any point during its outbound journey, delivery, maintenance or return?
- Are other vehicles maintained offsite? How do you determine that there are no adjustments or additions that could compromise the vehicle’s privacy?
- Do you have other items maintained, repaired or assessed externally?
- Do you routinely examine items/components that could potentially be adapted to see or listen to the surrounding environment or could be used by outside organisations to locate the item?
- how long could a piece of equipment (that had been modified to become a technical surveillance attack) function before discovery?
In addition to our Operational TSCM courses, we also offer TSCM Awareness and Procurement courses designed for military procurement teams.
Learn what is probable and what is possible regarding technical surveillance.
Design your own processes to ensure TSCM is considered throughout procurement and maintenance policies.
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