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On method, not on a schedule
What the deliverables in this industry actually mean, and the parts buyers are not usually told. No news, no commentary, nothing written to fill a calendar.
- Governance5 min read
The proximity gap in a cyber-mature ISMS
Most information security programmes speak fluently about digital controls and almost not at all about collection that happens in the room. That is a maturity gap, not a niche specialty.
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- Procurement4 min read
Consolidating fragmented TSCM spend
Large buyers are raising security budgets and cutting supplier sprawl at the same time. Local sweep invoices are an obvious place the two pressures meet.
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- Practice4 min read
Publishing the standard that judges my own industry
I sell technical surveillance countermeasures, and I have published the twenty questions that make it hard to sell badly. Here is the reasoning.
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- Practice4 min read
A clean report is not a certificate of safety
The most misunderstood deliverable in technical security is the sweep that finds nothing. It is worth a great deal, but not the thing most buyers think it is worth.
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- Method5 min read
The device that is not transmitting
The best question a non-specialist can ask a technical surveillance provider, and why so many of them answer it badly.
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