Commercial
Boardroom TSCM inspection
The boardroom is the highest-value room in the building: transactions, results, strategy, and disputes are all discussed there. It is inspected accordingly.
A boardroom TSCM inspection verifies that the room is free of covert listening devices, hidden cameras, and network hardware capable of carrying your conversation out of the building — and documents that verification so the board, your lawyers, or a counterparty can rely on it.
Boardrooms concentrate risk in a way no other room does: a predictable location, a published meeting calendar, high-value conversations, and dense AV and conferencing technology that provides both hiding places and ready-made microphones. An inspection addresses all four.
Typical boardroom engagements
Pre-meeting inspection
One-off inspection ahead of a specific meeting: an acquisition, results, a settlement discussion. Room inspected, controlled until the meeting starts, result documented in advance.
Transaction cycle
Recurring inspections — often weekly — of the boardroom and adjacent deal rooms for the life of a transaction, keeping technical hygiene documented from kick-off to completion.
In-conference monitoring
For the most sensitive sessions: inspect, seal, then monitor the radio spectrum live while the meeting runs, so nothing switched on mid-session goes unnoticed.
What the inspection covers
- conference table, chairs, and underside voids — the classic placements;
- AV and video-conferencing hardware, including microphones that are legitimately installed but insecurely configured;
- power outlets, floor boxes, and cable trays;
- ceiling tiles, light fittings, smoke detectors, and vents;
- the RF environment, with non-linear junction detection of walls and furnishings for dormant devices;
- the room’s network neighbourhood: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and unexpected IoT hardware.
The method follows our standard five-stage inspection process. For office-wide scope, see office and facility inspections. If the board calendar is being driven by a transaction or dispute, the when to inspect guide sets out the trigger events — and the cost guide explains what a single-room engagement typically runs to.
Frequently asked questions
Can you inspect the evening before a board meeting?
Yes — that is the standard pattern. The room is inspected the evening before or early on the morning of the meeting, then sealed or kept under control until the meeting begins. The written result reaches your named contact before the first attendee sits down.
Can the room be monitored during the meeting itself?
Yes. For transactions, results discussions, and litigation strategy we offer in-conference monitoring: the spectrum is watched for the duration so a device switched on mid-meeting is caught immediately.
How often should a boardroom be inspected?
During a live transaction cycle, weekly or before each board-level session. Outside deal periods, quarterly inspection is a common governance cadence, with ad-hoc inspections when circumstances change.
Book a boardroom inspection
Tell us the meeting date and the room. We will confirm scope, indicative pricing, and an out-of-hours slot that keeps the inspection invisible.