Bugs,
these treacherous tiny electronic devices can infest your home or even your
office. Just like real life bugs,
these devices are able to hide in small corners and mostly go unnoticed. With
bugs near you in your workplace, you could disclose valuable information to
strangers. People can steal your ideas, rob your intellectual property and use
your private information against you.
You don’t want these things happening to you, right? So, how
can you prevent your information from getting into the wrong hands? Here are
some important tips from professionals to save you from getting bugged in the office.
1.
Keep your Eyes Open
Always be on the lookout for those people who need
confidential and valuable information at work. In case you sense that employees
or competitors have obtained information about matters that are supposed to be
confidential, think how they have acquired this information which only you know
of.
2.
Unfamiliar Faces
Aside from your colleagues, also keep an eye out for
unfamiliar visitors who visit your office. Pay close attention to people who
claim to be inspectors, technicians and exterminators. Buggers can sometimes
disguise themselves as workers and install their malicious devices to steal your
confidential information.
3.
Lookout for Vehicles
Be cautious of vehicles like vans and panel trucks that may
loiter near your building. Also, keep an eye out for the vehicles that appear
in your area repeatedly. There could be someone inside the vehicle, listening
to your conversations through the electronic bugs they have set in your office.
4.
Be Cautious of New Things
Things that come in your office may already be bugged by those wanting to
steal your confidential information. Have the items arriving in your office checked by security to ensure that there aren’t any visible suspicious electronic devices attached to them.
5.
Look for Intrusion
Hone your senses to detect signs of potential intrusion. Examine
your office rooms for any suspicious object and keep your ears open for odd clicks
and noise. If there is a television in your office and it experiences signal
interferences, then there might be a
transmitter nearby.
6.
Master the Details
Master every detail of your room like the position of
decorative items, light fixtures and exit signs. Be on the lookout for even a
slightest change in the position of your belongings.
7.
Bugs May Already be There
You can prevent bugs from making their
way into your office. But, what if they’re
already there? The only thing to do in this case is here a professional to
detect and sweep bugs
from your office.
If you didn’t know about these important tips and think that
you’ve been bugged already, hire a TSCM professional from ComSec to perform a bug sweep and get rid of
any potential bugs
in your office.
Contact ComSec, we can help.
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