Guide
When to commission a TSCM inspection
Two good reasons: something specific is about to happen, or something specific already has. A third — a recurring cadence — is how mature organisations stay ahead of both.
Event-driven triggers
Before a transaction
Mergers, acquisitions, fundraising, and high-value contract negotiations. Inspect the boardroom and deal rooms before the first sensitive meeting, then keep a cadence for the life of the deal.
Boardroom inspectionsSuspected leak
Competitors anticipating your moves, press stories with inside detail, negotiations where the other side seems pre-briefed. An inspection either finds the technical channel or documents that the leak is human.
Litigation & disputes
Strategy discussions with counsel are prime targets. Inspection before privileged meetings protects both the case and the privilege.
New premises
Moving into a new office, opening a deal room, or taking over space from a previous occupant. An empty site is the cheapest, cleanest moment to establish a documented baseline.
Office inspectionsDepartures & insider concern
Contested exits, redundancy programmes, or a specific employee concern. Insider-placed hardware is the most common real-world finding.
Executive & personal
A device found by chance, a stalking or harassment concern, a contested divorce, or a principal who simply notices someone knowing too much.
Private inspectionsThe case for a recurring cadence
One-off inspections answer a question about a moment in time. A recurring programme changes an attacker’s calculus: once it is known that key rooms are inspected on an irregular but reliable schedule, planting a device becomes a poor investment, because it will be found and the finding investigated.
A typical corporate cadence is quarterly for the executive zone, stepped up to weekly during live transactions, with pre-meeting inspections for board sessions on top. Private clients typically inspect after any triggering event and annually as hygiene.
Cost scales with cadence, so the right programme is a risk decision, not a maximal one — see what a TSCM inspection costs. If you are still weighing what the engagement itself involves, start with what a TSCM inspection is and how we inspect. When the trigger is live right now, contact us today; out-of-hours and short-notice work is normal in this discipline.
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