Technical Security Workshop

Technical Security Workshop

Professional Development TSCM Group Inc., and the Technical Security Branch (TSB) are pleased to sponsor the annual TSB Technical Workshop on the 3rd day of the Canadian Technical Security Conference (CTSC 2023) TM.

The “TSB Technical Security Workshop” includes a professional skills development component that is specifically designed for professional technical operators that are tasked with the responsibility of conducting ambient operator assisted collection and analysis associated with RF based Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) inspections, and RF Remote Spectrum Surveillance and Monitoring (RSSM) TM Assignments.

If you are looking to better understand TSCM trade-craft, this is the place to be, to round out CTSC 2023.

 

Session 17A | Technical Security Workshop | Part I

Title: Advanced Optical (Photonic) Detection and Analytical Analysis of Ultraviolet, Visible Light, and Infrared (IR) Sources

Presenter: Paul D Turner, TSS TSI

Affiliation: Professional Development TSCM Group Inc.

Description: This presentation introduces the subject of optical threat detection challenges from a TSCM perspective. Commercialized optical technology is not certainly not new; however, there are new and emerging optical threat technologies be developed that must be examined within a competent TSCM and counter-intelligence role. Optical and Photonic technology have generally been ignored from a TSCM perspective, as not a viable or reliable threat technology from a threat actors perspective. In a world of advancing radio-frequency capabilities, threat actors have been able to embrace such advancements, including software-defined radio technology, for hostile purposes. As the radio-frequency spectrum allocation becomes less and less available, a new industry is quickly emerging, across a commercialized optical spectrum. Optical threat detection within an ever-advancing threat environment, must be given a higher detection priority, for threat technology that has been introduced by a threat actor, or the intercept of existing commercial technologies in use.


Session 17A | Technical Security Workshop | Part II

Title: Introducing Total Energy Capture (TEC) and Tap Capture Plot (TCP) Dimensional Geo-Location Heat Mapping

Presenter: Paul D Turner, TSS TSI

Affiliation: Professional Development TSCM Group Inc.

Description: The age old question! If we could just see radio-frequency signals as they travelled from the transmitter to the receiver, within a free space environment, it would be a really easy task to locate hostile RF based threats! The theoretical and practical physics behind RF propagation within the electro-magnetic spectrum, can be mathematically and algorithmically rendered with great accuracy when scientific principles are applied to real-world metrics that are captured through the TSCM process in an operator assisted role. The essence a new standards-based approach, requires a deeper dig into the Operator Defined Target Area (ODTA) TM and the defined extended Functional Target Area (FTA) TM with the application of a Total Energy Capture (TEC) TM approach. The Kestrel TSCM Professional Software provides a powerful Tap Capture Plot (TCP) TM feature at the software level, that has revolutionized practical signal visualization with a powerful RF Visualization technology that enhances signal visibility, defines propagation, sees all active radiators, including unintentional radiators, calculates attenuation factoring and brings focus to operator analytics and Signal of Interest (SOI) localization. Join Paul and explore this unique new TSCM capability and learn about this powerful new methodology. Gain insight into powerful new terminology such as the Functional Target Area (FTA) TM representative of a modern moving target threat model. This process is defined by symbiotic distance-focused auto locations that are uniformly and equally spaced across the entire internal occupied target area and by means of a baseline external perimeter reference capture surrounding and adjacent to the target area to the extent of any significant ambient RF influence relative to propagation modeling and see a practical demonstration of the TEC TM concept, and the TCP TM resource to learn about the many advantages of deploying TCP TM and become the spectrum warrior you always wanted to be!


Session 18A | Technical Security Workshop | Part III

Title: Tap Capture Plot (TCP) TM Dimensional Geo-Location Heat Mapping and Dynamic Trace Autonomous Platform (DTAP-GPS) TM

Presenter: Paul D Turner, TSS TSI

Affiliation: Professional Development TSCM Group Inc.

Description: This presentation takes participants beyond the facility-level operator-assisted Tap Capture Plot (TCP) TM role, and into a fully autonomous mobile geo-location heat mapping platform that is GPS and network map enabled. DTAP-GPS TM takes the dimensional geo-location heat mapping process to a entirely new level with powerful resources for law-enforcement, government, regulatory, military, and the national security counter-intelligence apparatus. The DTAP-GPS TM platform is specifically designed for backpack (portable), vehicle (mobile), marine vessel, aircraft, space applications, and drone technology.