Spectrum analysis is a fundamental skill in Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM). At our TSCM Training Centre, we take a unique approach to teaching spectrum analysis. Leveraging decades of operational experience to develop and refine proven Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). Our training ensures that operators gain a deep understanding of spectrum analysis, moving beyond the…
We receive many enquiries which begin with “help, I think I’ve been bugged!”. Our operational TSCM specialists always begin by asking, “what leads you to believe that you have been bugged?”. This isn’t a dismissal of the belief, we know that bugging (technical surveillance) happens. After all, this is what our business deals with! When…
Gavin Saul, Government and Technical Director at Verrimus, makes it clear that ‘bug sweep’ or TSCM (Technical Surveillance Counter Measures) training is far more sophisticated than what many might imagine when they hear the term “bug sweeps.” “It has nothing to do with chimney sweeps,” Saul quips, emphasizing that the term covers a broad range…
Bug sweeping is a common term for TSCM. It is the application of a TSCM (technical surveillance counter measures) survey or inspection. It involves ensuring an area is free from technical surveillance that compromises privacy. It’s nothing like the Hollywood depictions of sweeping! It’s a service which requires specialist measurement equipment and a trained and…
The sporting industry, just like any other, is not exempt from bugging – or more accurately technical surveillance attacks. Why Is the Sporting Industry a Target? Why would anyone think that football would be exempt? Is there a financial gain to be exploited by knowing about private conversations concerning professional, tactical, financial or personal matters?…
Technical surveillance threat methods emerge, develop, change and adapt swiftly. An ‘intelligence gathering device’ which can melt into a puddle when it has concluded it’s mission? Whilst this may seem to be in the realms of science fiction still, it wasn’t quite so long ago that many, now commonplace, technical surveillance methods were also regarded…
“Shhhh…. it’s still super secretive and you still can’t go in… but the CIA Museum is now digitizing its collections so you can view them online, as reported by Smithsonian. Established 75 years ago for CIA personnel and other insiders only, today about 200 of the 3,500 artifacts are viewable online, with more to come.” See…
What was Project Acoustic Kitty? Bugged by a surgically altered cat?! We’re guessing most TSCM professionals don’t automatically consider the source of an eavesdropping attack to involve a family pet. Discussions in the Verrimus Operational TSCM Training Facility today centred around imagining what other domestic animals could be turned into viable eavesdropping attacks. Goldfish seem…
There is an abundance of very cheap and easily obtained technical surveillance attacks out there. You have been warned! Our latest test and training devices, small covert cameras, cost less than £30 Generally, people refer to technical surveillance attacks as ‘bugs’. Most competent TSCM operators dislike this over-simplified term. There are many examples portrayed in…
Is your organisation wanting to build your own internal TSCM capability? TSCM capability building is not easy or cheap, yet it’s an option that does appeal to many organisations. Building an internal capability means that you no longer have to rely on outsourcing your TSCM requirements to external service providers. It will require a heavy…