An important question that often comes up in regards to surveillance detection is how to handle it when it comes to traveling. We all know that traveling raises various safety and security concerns (ones that should obviously be addressed), but what about high level hostile surveillance? Those of you who have been following my articles… Read More Surveillance Detection – Trips And Routines
This article is a follow-up to some of my earlier articles on the subject of surveillance and surveillance detection. For those of you who haven’t done so, it might be best to start with those earlier articles, since they explain more about the fundamentals of SD and covert operations. For those who have read… Read More Tips & Suggestions For Surveillance Detection Operators
Whenever you consider adding a layer of field intelligence to your preventative security efforts, it’s important to ask what goals you’re actually looking to achieve. This might sound like it goes without saying, but from my experience, as soon as terms like surveillance, surveillance detection and counter surveillance get thrown around, simple fundamentals like goals,… Read More Surveillance, Surveillance Detection And Counter Surveillance
For the first installment of this series, please click here “Israel warns civilians to clear out before the building gets bombed, but where can they go?” Quick answer – out of the fucking building.I’m not just trying to be insensitive here. Yes I do realize that Gaza is very small and crowded, and that for… Read More Replies To Common Accusations About The Gaza Conflict #2
I’ve put together a few replies to some of the more common questions and accusations in regards to the Gaza conflict.Please read and share: “Israeli airstrikes have killed hundreds of Palestinians, while far less Israeli have been killed.” This is one of the most disturbing complaints out there. I do realize that most people are… Read More Replies To Common Accusations About The Gaza Conflict #1
The intention of this article is to give some tips and suggestions for covert operators, and to point out some of the more common, and therefore predictable – and therefore detectable – indicators and mistakes that many operators tend to make. These indicators and mistakes apply to most types of covert operations – from hostile… Read More Tips & Suggestions For Covert Operators
Many people tend to think that in order to detect physical surveillance, one should look for individuals who seem suspicious, out of place, or otherwise engaged in nervous observations. Though these characteristics might be observed in many situations, the very first thing that a well trained surveillance operative will learn is how to not exhibit… Read More Surveillance Indicators
Surveillance detection is the attempt to covertly determine if surveillance is being conducted, and if so, to collect general information on the surveillance entity – time, location, appearance, actions, and correlations to the target.
Surveillance Mapping is a term we use to describe the mapping out of the area around a given property, as it relates to potential surveillance vantage points, and the information that can be collected on the property from those vantage points.
One of the biggest benefits of understanding hostile planning is that it helps take much of the guesswork out of security solutions. As had been explained in previous articles, Attacks don’t simply come out of nowhere because attackers don’t spring out of thin air. Hostile actions are predicated on hostile planning, which includes hostile surveillance.
