What are Technical Surveillance Counter Measures?

NSI Global provides a range of Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM) services to help individuals, businesses, organisations and government departments protect against electronic eavesdropping. A TSCM survey, also known as Electronic Bug Sweeps, Security Sweeps, Electronic Bug Detection, or Office Debugging, is a service provided to detect the presence of and report on, hidden technical surveillance devices and hazards. It also identifies technical security weaknesses that could aid in the conduct of a technical penetration of the surveyed premises.

Illegal electronic surveillance affects boardrooms, residences and vehicles alike — from competitors seeking strategy, to criminals seeking financial information, to state-sponsored actors seeking political or commercial advantage.

By conducting a TSCM bug sweep, organisations and government departments can ensure that their confidential information and trade secrets are not being compromised by malicious actors. This can help protect against financial losses and reputational damage that may result from the theft of sensitive information.

Reasons to Discuss Partnering with NSI Global for your TSCM needs.

Content from meetings held in your home office has been acted upon by one of your competitors.

Strategy discussed at a recent meeting has been countered by one of your competitors.

You have concerns that attendees to meetings may be concealing bugs on their person.

Another company gave you the all clear but breaches are still occurring.

You have concerns your phone lines have been tampered with.

Vehicles, yachts and jets have become mobile offices. Are your business discussions safe?

Your facility may be a target for state-sponsored espionage and you need a provider experienced in government-level environments.

Technical Surveillance Counter Measures Services

Bug Sweeping

Professional bug sweeps use specialised equipment and techniques to thoroughly inspect spaces and identify surveillance risks. This includes radio frequency detection, thermal imaging, non-linear junction detection, and network security analysis.

Bug Sweeping

Residential TSCM (Domestic)

Devices such as hidden cameras, listening devices, GPS trackers, bluetooth interception, and spyware are all easily available to purchase online. This has presented a greater threat than ever before, especially for at-risk individuals, parents, and children.

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Corporate Residence TSCM

Whether you are a director, employee, or are a department head who has become aware of a threat to your organisation’s intellectual property, contact us to ensure your home office is secured.

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Corporate Office TSCM

Conducting a thorough Technical Surveillance Counter Measures inspection of your offices on a continued basis ensures your trade secrets, intellectual property, client information, and so on, remain safe from the threat of corporate espionage.

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Live TSCM Meeting Monitoring

Real-time radio-frequency spectrum monitoring during live meetings, identifying and locating suspect transmissions as they occur in boardrooms and other sensitive meeting spaces.

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Continuous Remote TSCM Monitoring - For Persistent/Insider Threats

Continuous spectrum monitoring and geolocation that flags suspect signals as they occur, including brief transmissions made outside business hours. Monitoring is delivered from our Global Intelligence Operations Centre, with data handling and storage locations agreed before deployment.

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Government Advanced TSCM

Government entities, diplomatic missions and critical-infrastructure operators face foreign states and well-resourced groups seeking political, commercial or military advantage. NSI Global provides technical surveillance risk assessment and TSCM advisory for these environments.

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Luxury Vehicle TSCM

Discussions that can make or break a business are now routinely held in Cars, Yachts, and Jets. If a competitor can harm you or profit from tracking you and recording these conversations, your mobile office will be an undeniably attractive target.

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How NSI Global's TSCM Differs

Intelligence-led inspection, not a checklist sweep

NSI Global’s TSCM practice grew out of its counterintelligence work, so inspections start with the threat: who might want to listen, how and why. That shapes where we look and what equipment we use.

Our specialists operate ITAR export-controlled detection instrumentation, restricted from commercial sale, which is needed to find passive and non-transmitting devices that radio-frequency scanners alone can miss. Every inspection ends with a written report of what was examined, what was found and the limits of the inspection.

Our TSCM practice works to the standards expected in government and corporate environments. Accreditations relevant to government and defence engagements are provided to vetted clients under NDA

Learn More About NSI Global's Unique TSCM Capabilities

"Since 2004, NSI Global's TSCM inspections have found concealed listening and tracking devices in offices, residences and vehicles — and have shown clients where their premises were vulnerable before anything was planted."

Types Of Devices That Can Be Detected

Hidden Cameras

5G Bugs

GPS Tracking Devices

Hidden Microphones

Keystroke Logging Devices

Phone and Wire Taps

Speak with NSI Global

Engagements are scoped and overseen by founder Navid Sobbi and delivered in-house by NSI Global’s own practitioners — never subcontracted. Confidential consultations can be held at our office in Downtown Dubai, which is protected against electronic eavesdropping, or by client-approved video meeting.

If you suspect your premises has been compromised, contact us immediately! However, please call from a safe location outside of the building.

PLEASE NOTE: NSI GLOBAL WILL NOT PROVIDE SERVICES TO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION.

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