Counter Surveillance Detection

Spy-cam who's watching you?

A poorly installed spycam or electronic bugging device can sometimes accidentally be discovered. After the initial shock has passed what should you do next?

If the eavesdropping device is a hidden camera or electronic bug and you are in business premises, your best course of action is to seek professional help from a dedicated business counter espionage professional whose primary function is counter surveillance detection of illegal eavesdropping devices (whether a given device is unlawful depends on the jurisdiction and the circumstances of its use) and to provide advice on hardening the environment to prevent future privacy invasion via other electronic surveillance or concealed camera installations. If the device is found at home and you are currently involved in a matrimonial dispute, then you should probably call your lawyer.

It would ordinarily take a quick and unprofessional installation to be stumbled across, but it does happen. In one representative case, a corporate security director who had earlier received a counter surveillance detection proposal — put on hold at the time — made contact again some months later reporting a serious problem. A concealed camera had been disturbed in a meeting-room drop-ceiling space whilst the ceiling lighting was being upgraded.

The practice was asked to resubmit its counter surveillance detection proposal covering more than double the original number of locations; the original proposal had, as it happened, included the meeting room where the camera was found. After completion of the technical surveillance countermeasures (TSCM) debugging inspection of all areas, a further four devices were identified and removed: another hidden camera in the boardroom, two GSM electronic bugging devices in offices, and a very old FM bug in a further office. This account is a composite drawn from casework; no client is identifiable from it.

At Risk3 Consulting, we have been protecting the spoken word in Asia since 1992, and our founder and principal consultant, has resided in Hong Kong since 1992. We always take your concerns for your business seriously. We can normally respond to calls for counter surveillance detection quickly anywhere in Asia. We operate at the highest levels of confidentiality and integrity and will keep your electronic audit for listening and optical devices as low key as possible. To find out how we can help protect your business and keep your competitive edge please give us a call – Always call away from the suspected area!

What you say in private is your business; keeping it that way is ours.