Technical surveillance counter measures
Police-trained TSCM specialists who locate hidden listening devices, cameras and GPS trackers in homes, vehicles, offices and mobile phones. Sophisticated, thorough and discreet. Australia-wide, 24 hours a day.
Before you call: if you suspect your phone or location might already be compromised, leave your mobile behind and call from elsewhere.
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listening devices, hidden cameras and covert GPS trackers are imported into Australia every year.
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home sweeps for a client whose suspicion has been aroused turn up a device.
chargers, 
smoke alarms, 
pens and picture frames. Most people never find them alone.Most of the time we find nothing, and that is still an answer. When we do find something, you see it, understand how it got there, and know exactly what to do next.
Homes, vehicles, offices and phones. Every sweep is carried out by our own technicians with the high-spec equipment needed to detect today's sophisticated bugs, cameras and trackers. No subcontractors, no middlemen.
Boardrooms, executive offices, legal chambers and council chambers. We offer a rapid response, generally on site within 1 to 24 hours, and a full sweep takes between two and six hours depending on the size of the space. Unmarked vehicles and after-hours attendance keep the sweep confidential.
Corporate bug sweeps
Relationship breakdowns, family disputes and domestic situations. Devices reach a home as a disguised object, with a visitor, or through a bumped lock. We search bedrooms, living areas, power points, fixed-line phones and wiring, then talk you through exactly what we found and what to do next.
Residential bug sweeps
A GPS tracker can be fitted to a car in a few seconds with a magnet, or hard-wired to the vehicle's own power. We locate magnetic units, OBD-port trackers and in-cabin microphones, and we have the equipment to force a GSM device to transmit so it can be detected.
Vehicle sweeps
Running hot, battery draining, apps you never installed, or someone who knows things they could not know. We use and are certified in law-enforcement-grade Cellebrite equipment to examine iPhones and Android devices for spyware, call recording, microphone activation and message exfiltration.
Phone forensics
Prevention is better than cure. We visit your premises, identify the threats, and report on practical measures: access control, covert and overt CCTV, communication encryption, secure phones, anti-tracking hardware, audio masking and threat-awareness training for your people.
Risk assessmentsNarrower problems that deserve their own answer.
What a sweep involves
Photographed on Security Tactics jobs
A spectrum sweep of the whole space for anything transmitting: GSM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the burst transmitters that only wake for a second at a time.
Powered electronics leave heat. Thermal cameras show us what is warm behind plasterboard, inside ceiling voids and within fittings that should be cold.
Switched off, battery flat or dormant, a semiconductor still answers an NLJD. This is how we find the devices that are waiting rather than talking.
Cable trays, ceiling tiles, power points, furniture, vehicles. Our technicians open, inspect and check by hand, because some devices give nothing away to an instrument.
You receive a clear account of what we did and what we found. On request, a detailed written report, and where possible a device can be traced back to the person or company behind it.
Every device below was located by our technicians for a client. Photographed as found, annotated by our team.
Every find becomes a written case study.
Read the case studiesThree very different clients, one thing in common: something told them they were not alone in the room.
A page your clients can be sent to. Sweeps for family law and dispute matters, with reports written to be relied on.
For lawyers
Boardrooms, executive offices and the vehicles that carry your people. Rapid response, after hours, unmarked.
For businesses
Homes, cars and phones. Practical, reassuring advice first, and a sweep only if it is warranted.
For individualsWe believe clients deserve to know who they are entrusting with their privacy. Our technicians are named, licensed and directly accountable to you. Direct access to specialists, no subcontractors, no middlemen.
Director
A former Detective Sergeant with the Queensland Police Service who led complex investigations in homicide, fraud, corporate crime and covert operations. More than forty years across law enforcement, the corporate sector and private security consulting.
Senior Security Consultant
Over 30 years of international security and risk management experience, including leadership roles in Iraq, Afghanistan and the UAE: directing the Iraqi Secret Service's protective operations, securing the Australian Embassy in Baghdad and training elite military units in the Middle East.
Security Consultant
A licensed private investigator and Justice of the Peace with more than twenty years of experience in the security industry.
Memberships and certifications
“We have been using the team at Security Tactics to carry out TSCM surveys of our administration buildings and management offices for the past two years. They provide a high level of advice and recommendations, and they're always up to date with the latest threats. I would have no hesitation in recommending them to any organisation, large or small, that wants a professional, technically proficient service in the TSCM area.”
Trusted by private clients, businesses, government departments, councils, unions and law firms across Australia.
Bug sweep pricing guide
We do not quote a fixed price before we understand the space. The cost follows the hours, and the hours follow the size of what has to be searched.
There is no difference in cost for an out-of-hours sweep. Be wary of a cheap operator with only a handheld detector: a proper sweep uses radio frequency, thermal and non-linear junction detection together, plus a physical search.
Read the full pricing guideWe can attend all capital cities in Australia within 24 hours and regional centres within 48 hours. For corporate clients, we are generally on site in 1 to 24 hours.
Yes. Non-linear junction detection responds to the electronics themselves, so a dormant or flat device still shows. Thermal imaging and a physical search cover the rest.
Fixed-line and home phones can be bugged, and we have the equipment to detect it. Wall plugs, sockets and wiring are checked as part of a residential sweep.
You are told on the spot and shown the device. We provide a detailed report on request, and some devices can be traced back to the person or company behind them.
Lock bumping, a disguised object brought in as a gift, a partner or family member, or a hired professional. They are most often hidden in plugs, sockets and wiring.
Brisbane office, nationwide service
Administered from Kelvin Grove in Brisbane. Every capital city within 24 hours, most regional centres within 48, and no marked vehicles when we arrive.
Free risk assessment
Tell us what has made you uneasy. We will give you practical, reassuring advice on the phone, and if a sweep is warranted we can attend any Australian capital city within 24 hours and most regional centres within 48.
1300 024 706If you believe you might already be compromised, call us from a different device and location.
