Pegasus in the EU: A Watergate-Scale Spyware Scandal The Pegasus spyware scandal continues to ripple through the European Union, drawing comparisons to Watergate in its scale and political fallout. Pegasus, a powerful surveillance tool originally designed to fight terrorism and organized crime, has instead become synonymous with state overreach, political surveillance, and the erosion of…
So, your organisation needs to decide whether to develop and maintain an internal TSCM (technical surveillance counter measures) service or to contract the services of an external service provider. How do you decide which is the best option for you? Establishing and maintaining an in-house capability is not quick, easy or cheap, but it is…
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…
Journalists and NGOs – Do you have concerns that your privacy has been compromised? Are you certain that your privacy is adequately protected? Verrimus offer TSCM Awareness briefings to inform clients of what’s possible regarding traditional and emerging technical surveillance threats. Journalists and NGOs file spyware complaint against Defense Ministry (mexiconewsdaily.com) Recent investigations into the…
The short answer is we offer objective TSCM training, because we aren’t a sales team trying to earn a commission from equipment sales! Verrimus do offer equipment training for clients who wish to learn more about how to use TSCM equipment they have already purchased. The detailed answer is that a Technical Surveillance Counter Measures…
“Training in TSCM isn’t necessary because technical surveillance doesn’t happen” – Really? It’s sad to see so many commercial organisations continuing to remain ignorant regarding the threat of technical surveillance and have never been trained in TSCM, even from a procurement perspective. We hear frequently, CEOs tell us that they think there is no need…
OPEVAL (Operational evaluations) are a common military process to evaluate how a specific function works. The intent of the test is to verify that the product or proposed system meets all pre-defined operational requirements. Most NATO military clients are familiar with STANAGs (standardisation agreements) which set out common processes to provide common operational and administrative procedures…
Do you work in a law enforcement, Government or Military TSCM role? Here’s a few TSCM training questions for you; Verrimus continue to assist TSCM teams from around the world to identify their TSCM training needs and tailor a training schedule to meet their requirements.We’ve all experienced, in our past employments, compulsory training courses which…
Remote TSCM Workshops….All of our normal Training Training Modules are now available in a workshop format. Workshops are shorter, stand alone training sessions. Our clients have asked us to develop and run these style courses for when they have identified a single skill fade area, or wish to add to their overview of TSCM with…
Cyber TSCM So….there’s a buzz word in the TSCM marketplace. CYBER TSCM. Let’s look at what this new(ish) buzzword is all about. We all know what Cyber Security is right? Well, according to Kaspersky the definition looks like this: “Cyber-security is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from…