The Non-Technical Attack
The senior management of a large UK public/government body were concerned that confidential details of a high level meeting involving restructuring was known to non-authorised staff. QCC Interscan was called in to investigate and to carry out a TSCM (bug sweeping) inspection of the senior management suite of offices at their main headquarters building.
A deep sweep inspection of the target areas found no evidence of unauthorised surveillance. However, included in our TSCM service is a physical security review of the target areas. This is designed to identify any vulnerability in the building security or work procedures that may lead to information loss.
During this phase of the counter surveillance inspection, QCC engineers discovered some major vulnerability in the physical security layers in place to protect the senior mangers suite. The door entry system had been turned off for convenience. This meant that there was no physical barrier or audit trail to prevent unauthorised staff or agents from gaining access to the senior mangers offices. Although some of the individual office doors were locked all of the keys for these senior manager’s offices and meeting rooms were in an unlocked key cupboard sited at the reception serving this area.
Further investigation showed that in three of the main offices and also in the senior managers secretarial support area, Dictaphone recordings containing full details of the confidential meeting in question were available.
QCC Interscan concluded that the most plausible explanation for the information leak was that an unauthorised employee had gained access to the senior management suite, They had then removed and listened to the contents of one of the unprotected recordings containing details of the meeting. The Dictaphone was then returned and the information disseminated to other members of staff.
The uncontrolled access to the office, the unprotected recordings lying around and the fact the building contained many shift workers gave further weight to this conclusion. QCC Interscan provided a detailed report with recommendations to enhance the general security of this area and also new procedures for storage and handling of confidential information and media.
This case study illustrates the importance of a thorough physical security review and an understanding of information loss. These services are not offered as standard by any other UK TSCM (bug sweeping) company.
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