What is the TSCM objective?
To conduct an exhaustive and meticulous in-depth electronic surveillance and physical inspection for any and all existing covert cameras, telephone transmitters and/or room bugs, and to identify and eliminate all devices which would present a security breach in client operations and compromise sensitive personal and/or business secrets. Most Confused Terms The words “bugging” and “wiretapping” are, without a doubt, the terms most commonly confused in discussion of TSCM. Although “bugging” and “wiretapping” are both “types” of eavesdropping, their objective is quite different. The objective of a “wiretap” is to install a transmitting device on a telephone line, for the purpose of intercepting, and usually recording, telephone conversation and telephonic communications. The objective of a “bug” is to hear and or record conversations between two or more individuals who have met at a specific place, such as an office, hotel room or residence. Telephone systems, however, can be used both in
