The situation:
1. Non authorized persons
are aware of personal or secret facts and documents.
2. Confidential meetings,
documents, projects and tenders are no longer secret
3. Strangers are aware of
when or where you are
4. Your telephone produces
strange noises even when the receiver is "on-hook".
5. Your Hi-Fi or TV system
is subjected to strange interferences.
6. An un-authorized person
has entered your offices or home, but nothing has been stolen
7. An unexpected gift or
appliance has appeared in your office or home.
8. You have noticed
unexplained variations in the physical structure of your office or home (moved
furniture, power supplies, fixtures, carpeting, tiling, etc.).
9. Suspect vehicles are
frequently parked in the vicinity of your office or home.
10. Utility technicians
(electricity, telephone, water, heating, etc.) appear for un-requested or
non-programmed maintenance calls.
11. If you recently have
noticed one or more of these warning signs, you may be the object of covert
surveillance.
We hear this question at least 10
times a day. Our standard answer is:
Eavesdropping has now become so widespread that if you have any confidential
information that could, in anyway, be of interest or profitable to another
party . . . you can be almost certain that someone is at the very least
monitoring your telephone conversations".
Did
you know that today's eavesdropper can now "Listen-In" to your room
conversations from truly incredible distances? That innocent looking Electric
Outlet at the base of the wall can actually be picking up and transmitting
every word . . . and every whisper . . . of your most private conversations.
And, that harmless looking lamp can be hiding a Miniature Eavesdropping Device
that is revealing your most confidential discussions, or leaking out valuable
information to unscrupulous individuals. The huge rise in the numbers of
illegal eavesdropping devices in the hands of individuals and firms is probable
a reflection of the steady decline of ethics in business and personal
relationships. Ethical conduct seems no longer to be admired or desired.
DON'T
UNDERESTIMATE THE EAVESDROPPER
He
can be anyone! And, he doesn't need to spend a fortune for bugging devices. Nor
is any specific electronic knowledge or expertise required. In many cases, he
doesn't even have to actually gain access to your premises. And yet, his
invasion of your privacy can cause untold damage to you, your family, your
home, and your business.
Remember,
it is YOU who must protect your own
privacy, because, very simply . . . NO
ONE IS GOING TO DO IT FOR YOU!
And, almost without
exception and AFTER the fact, the
victims invariably make a
statement along the lines of -
BUT, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT COULD
HAPPEN TO ME !!!!!!!!!!!
MiS HAVE OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT, TO EXECUTE ELECTRONIC
COUNTERSURVEILLANCE
Today,
it is possible to intercept communications by means of a number of electronic
devices that can be no larger than a box of matches and easily concealable in a
number of places. The most classic device is the covert
transmitter.
This
piece of equipment transmits to a listening post (where appropriate recording
devices will be installed) all sounds (in particular conversations) generated
in one or more rooms.
Telephone
transmitters instead intercept
conversations (or fax-data transmissions) through telephone lines and
frequently drain their operational power directly
from the line. Due to absence of a battery (that needs to be periodically
substituted), these types of transmitter are particularly dangerous as their
"operational life" is practically unlimited.
When
audio interception is not sufficient, covert video-cameras can be used to transmit live
video via radio or wire. Even a common tape-recorder can become a good
interception system. Electrical or electronic cables that pass in a room can be
used in order to connect a hidden microphone and modem equipped computers can
transmit worldwide audio or video signals or can be "infected" with
surveillance software or hardware systems. A room's windows can be
"illuminated" from the outside by an Infrared or LASER beam that is
"modulated" by the window's micro-vibrations caused by voice's sound
energy. Even a common air-conditioning duct or water pipe that passes through a
room can become a surveillance tool in the hands of an intruder.
Switched-off
or no longer functioning surveillance devices can only
be indicated by use of a Non Linear Junction
Detector. This expensive instrument is not commonly found in
Bug sweeping of telephone,
electrical and data lines, in particular when the analysed cable is of a length
of hundreds if not thousands of metres, can only be conducted by means of a
particular instrument called Time
Domain Reflectometer
(TDR). This piece of
equipment can check any type of line (even under power) and indicates on a
display screen the presence of abnormalities (short circuits, open circuits,
series or parallel connections, inductances, capacities, etc.) and/or
parasites.
Our digital Time Domain
Reflectometer has a range of over 11.000 metres with a localization precision
of about 20/30 centimetres. This instrument is indispensable when the examined
line is very long (try to imagine the route that a cable follows from a
telephone switchboard in the basement of a large building to a phone located at
the top floor) and not easily accessible (passing through walls, third party
property, roads, etc.).
If
you decide to contact MIS for a consultation or counter-surveillance sweep talk
about your decision only with who must know and call us
from a secure phone that is not situated in the suspect offices or home.
Upon
arrival at the sweep site with our mobile counter-surveillance laboratory
(designed for Europe-wide travel), our Investigative Technicians will conduct a
number of inspections that for logistic and security reasons are preferably
carried out during weekends or after normal office hours:
Electronic
and physical examination of all telephone systems and switchboards in order to
identify covert listening systems.
Electronic
and physical exam of all rooms, furniture and fixtures with a Non Linear
Junction Detector in order to identify covert electronic circuits, of any
nature, even switched off or no longer functioning.
At the end of our inspection, we shall deliver a detailed technical
report together with a list of suggestions and solutions for site security
optimization