Secure facility sweeps

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Accreditation and inspection are different things

Accreditation assesses how a space is constructed, shielded, accessed and operated. It is largely a design and procedure question, assessed at a point in time and reviewed periodically.

Inspection asks a narrower and more immediate question: is there anything in this room right now that should not be here. A space can be fully accredited and still contain a device, because accreditation governs the envelope and the procedures, not the contents on a given Tuesday.

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The contractor access problem

The highest risk period for any controlled space is not normal operation. It is works. Fitout, maintenance, cabling, HVAC servicing, AV installation and building upgrades all put people with tools and time into spaces that are otherwise tightly controlled.

Those people are usually escorted and usually legitimate. But the access is real, the duration is long, and the work itself involves opening exactly the cavities, voids and service runs where a device would be placed.

Post works inspection is the single highest value sweep in a facility cycle. It verifies that the space you handed to contractors is the space you got back.

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What we inspect beyond the room

A sweep limited to the visible room misses the infrastructure that runs through it. Our scope covers ceiling voids and access panels, floor boxes and underfloor runs, cable trays and comms infrastructure, HVAC ducting and plant serving the space, AV racks and equipment cabinets, and power distribution serving the area.

Where the facility has adjacent or shared services, we assess what that adjacency means and inspect accordingly, because a device does not have to be inside the room to hear it.

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Common questions