Special Services • SP-03
TSCM
Confirm the room is not listening.
Scope
What the engagement covers.
Technical surveillance countermeasures verify that sensitive environments are clean, using systematic inspection rather than a single walk-through with a detector.
Included capabilities
- Radio frequency spectrum analysis across the relevant bands
- Physical and non-linear junction inspection of the environment
- Telephone, network and cabling inspection for injected devices
- Thermal and optical inspection for concealed devices and optics
- Secure environment design guidance to sustain the result
Outputs and deliverables
- Sweep report with methodology and coverage
- Findings register with evidence
- Secure environment hardening recommendations
- Re-sweep schedule and access control advice
Workflow
How it is delivered, step by step.
Each step has an owner, an entry condition and an artefact that has to exist before the next step begins.
01ScopeEnvironments, sensitivity, access history and threat assumption.
02PrepareDiscreet scheduling and control of who knows the sweep is happening.
03SweepSystematic RF, physical, cabling and thermal inspection.
04ReportFindings, evidence and any device handling under chain of custody.
05SustainEnvironment hardening and scheduled re-sweep programme.
Use cases
Where this is typically applied.
Negotiation venues and temporary meeting spaces
Residences and vehicles of principals under targeted risk
Delivery model
The operating pattern for Special Services.
The same delivery discipline applies across every capability in this line, so combined engagements stay coherent.
Assess
Threat picture, exposure, routine analysis and protective gap review.
Harden
Identity, device, communication, physical and information-domain controls.
Monitor
Continuous intelligence, exposure detection and early warning.
Respond
Containment, recovery, investigation and coordinated escalation.
Review
Post-incident learning, control adjustment and periodic reassessment.
Integration
- Client corporate security, legal counsel and communications functions.
- Existing IT and identity teams for account and device remediation.
- Insurers, local providers and law enforcement liaison where authorized.
- Family office and household staff protocols for the personal perimeter.
Engagement approach
Every mandate is scoped in writing with a named sponsor, defined coverage hours and a stated legal basis. Discretion applies to method and reporting channel, never to whether the work is lawful, authorized and recorded.
Related
Other capabilities in Special Services.
SP-01
Executive Digital Protection
Protect the person, not only the corporate perimeter.
SP-02VVIP Close Protection
Physical protection planned from intelligence, not from habit.
SP-04Counter-Surveillance
Detect the people watching before they act.
SP-05Threat Intelligence
Early warning built from sources the principal cannot monitor alone.
SP-06Dark Web Monitoring
Find the exposure before it is used.
SP-07Identity & Reputation Protection
Defend the name as carefully as the person.
SP-08Private Investigation
Lawful fact-finding that stands up when it is challenged.
SP-09Strategic Communications
Control the narrative before it controls the outcome.
SP-10Incident Response
When it has already happened, speed and evidence both matter.
SP-11Human Risk
The most reliable way in is still the person.
SP-12Clandestine Offensive Security
Adversary emulation run without warning the defenders.