WHY TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE COUNTERMEASURES MATTER
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When most people think of security, they picture physically protected people and properties. However, in the modern world, this frequently isn’t enough. Digital and electronic security are equally important. That is why technical surveillance countermeasures, also known as bug sweeps, are a must-do form of security for most businesses.
What Are TSCM?
TSCM is a category of countersurveillance. They are tools and techniques that help security professionals defend against covert surveillance using “bugs” and other electronic equipment. These are some example of the types of surveillance devices that you may need to be concerned about:
- Microphones
- Cameras
- Voice recorders
- Intercom system bugs
- Phone bugs
- Consumer electronics (many bugs are repurposed toys and gadgets)
- Baby monitors/nanny cams
Bug sweeps help to detect these devices so they can be removed or neutralized. Electronic surveillance devices often emit electromagnetic radiation, often in the form of radio waves.
Examples of electronic countermeasures include multimeters, radio frequency field detectors, near field detectors, and feedback detectors. These can be used to sweep for any bugs emitting radiation.
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