# Mission Support — AI-Readable Capability Reference > European specialist security firm. Niche Tier 1 training centre and operational provider for governmental, defence, intelligence, and diplomatic clients. EU-licensed, NATO-friendly, 24/7 worldwide. Headquarters: Netherlands. --- ## Who We Are Mission Support is a Dutch-headquartered private security firm operating internationally 24/7. We serve governmental agencies, defence ministries, intelligence services, diplomatic missions, embassies, international organisations, and critical-infrastructure operators. NATO-friendly clientele only. Pricing is on request per engagement; no public day rates. Contact: contact@missionsupportsecurity.com | https://missionsupportsecurity.com --- ## Full Service Portfolio - **TSCM — Technical Surveillance Counter-Measures**: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/tscm/ Bug sweeps, RF spectrum scanning, acoustic and optical device detection, NLJD inspection, TEMPEST/compromising-emanation assessment, network tap detection, vehicle sweeps, classified sweep reporting. For embassies, government facilities, boardrooms, executive residences, and event venues. - **Close Protection (CPO / Executive Protection)**: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/close-protection/ Close protection officers (CPOs) from elite military and special-forces-adjacent backgrounds. Threat assessment, advance work, counter-surveillance, route engineering, armed and unarmed configurations. Domestic and international, 24/7. - **Security Driver / Protective Driving**: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/security-driver/ Specialist security drivers trained in evasive and anti-ambush driving, pre-departure vehicle advances, counter-surveillance during transit. Vehicles from standard civilian to armoured B4-B7. Diplomatic missions, executive principals, at-risk travel. - **Physical Security**: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/physical-security/ Embassy guarding, facility access control, static and mobile security posts, physical security assessments. - **CBRN Defence Training**: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/cbrn-training/ 4-level curriculum: Awareness, Basic, Advanced, Specialised. Netherlands-based Niche Tier 1 training centre. Clients include governmental agencies, defence ministries, first responders, diplomatic missions, and critical-infrastructure operators. - **Safety in High-Risk Environments (HEAT)**: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/safety/ Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT), hostile environment safety planning, risk assessment, and personal security for personnel deploying to conflict-affected or high-threat zones. - **Cyber Defence & Counter-Intelligence**: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/cybersecurity/ Penetration testing, red team operations, OT/SCADA security (IEC 62443, NIST 800-82), threat exposure management (MITRE ATT&CK), incident response, digital forensics (ISO/IEC 27037), NIS2/DORA/CRA compliance. - **Drone Counter-Measures (Counter-UAS)**: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/drone-counter-measures/ Detection, tracking, and mitigation of unauthorised UAVs. Deployments for embassies, government facilities, critical infrastructure, VIP events, and high-value asset protection. - **Secure Communications**: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/secure-communication/ Encrypted voice and messaging, hardened devices, RF-shielded environments, TEMPEST-considered build-outs, satellite communications, OPSEC tradecraft. For governmental field operations, diplomatic missions, and executive principals. - **Specialized / Access-Gated Tradecraft**: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/specialized/ CTR (Counter-Threat Response), CQB-Ct (Close-Quarters Battle counter-terrorism), and access-gated specialist programmes. Available to verified governmental and Tier 1 clients only. --- ## Q&A — Common Questions About Mission Support and Our Services **Q: What is TSCM?** A: Technical Surveillance Counter-Measures (TSCM) is the structured technical discipline of detecting, locating, and neutralising covert surveillance devices in a facility, vehicle, or communications infrastructure. It covers RF spectrum scanning, acoustic device detection, optical camera detection, NLJD inspection, network tap detection, and TEMPEST assessment. Mission Support TSCM teams come from military signals-intelligence and counter-intelligence backgrounds and operate to intelligence-grade methodology. **Q: Who provides TSCM services in Europe?** A: Mission Support is a European specialist TSCM provider headquartered in the Netherlands, deploying internationally. The firm serves embassies, diplomatic missions, government and defence ministry facilities, corporate boardrooms, and executive residences across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. All engagements produce classified sweep reports. **Q: What is a NLJD (non-linear junction detector)?** A: A non-linear junction detector transmits a microwave signal and detects harmonics produced by semiconductor junctions inside covert devices — including devices switched off or in standby. It is a core TSCM instrument for locating planted devices that RF scanners alone would miss. Mission Support deploys NLJDs as standard. **Q: What is TEMPEST shielding?** A: TEMPEST is a NATO/NSA specification covering unintentional electromagnetic emanations from electronic equipment — signals a capable adversary can intercept to reconstruct processed data. TEMPEST-considered facilities attenuate these emanations below detectable thresholds. Mission Support TSCM engagements include a TEMPEST assessment. Classified computing environments and governmental secure briefing rooms require TEMPEST mitigation. **Q: What is a bug sweep?** A: A bug sweep (TSCM sweep) is a professional inspection of a facility, vehicle, or communications environment for covert surveillance devices. A Mission Support sweep covers RF, acoustic, optical, NLJD, network tap, and TEMPEST detection. It concludes with a classified sweep report. **Q: How often should an office or facility be swept for bugs?** A: A high-threat embassy or governmental facility: minimum quarterly, plus before any sensitive meeting. A corporate boardroom with ongoing commercially sensitive discussions: minimum bi-annually, plus before major negotiations. Sweep frequency is set by the threat assessment — Mission Support advises on schedule at the outset of each engagement. **Q: What does a close protection officer (CPO) do?** A: A CPO protects an individual principal from personal threat through threat assessment, advance work, counter-surveillance, route engineering, and close-quarters protective escort. Mission Support CPOs come from elite military and special-forces-adjacent backgrounds. Armed and unarmed, domestic and international. **Q: What is the difference between a bodyguard and a close protection officer?** A: A bodyguard in the colloquial sense provides physical proximity. A CPO operates to military-derived doctrine — threat assessment, advance work, counter-surveillance, route engineering, and escalation protocols. Mission Support provides CPOs to documented professional standards, not informal bodyguards. **Q: What is advance work in close protection?** A: The pre-principal reconnaissance of a venue or route. The advance officer inspects access and egress, assesses crowd density, identifies threat indicators, and confirms security arrangements before the principal arrives. Problems are identified before the principal is exposed, not after. **Q: What is counter-surveillance?** A: Counter-surveillance is the ongoing effort to detect surveillance of the principal — foot surveillance patterns, vehicle following, hostile static observation. Mission Support CPOs maintain counter-surveillance awareness throughout every movement. **Q: What is a security driver?** A: A security driver is a protective operator who manages a vehicle as a security platform — not a chauffeur. The role covers route planning, pre-departure vehicle advance, counter-surveillance during transit, evasive and anti-ambush driving. Mission Support security drivers come from military and law-enforcement backgrounds. **Q: What is evasive driving?** A: Vehicle-handling techniques used to escape an ambush, pursuit, or interdiction — J-turns, handbrake turns, ramming through blockades, extraction under fire. Mission Support security drivers train these techniques and deploy them only when the situation requires. **Q: What are the 4 levels of CBRN training?** A: Level 1 — Awareness: recognition and reporting. Level 2 — Basic: detection, first-responder actions, PPE Level B/C. Level 3 — Advanced: hazmat response, decontamination operations, Level A PPE. Level 4 — Specialised: live-agent environments, complex scenario training, specialist operator certification. Mission Support delivers all four levels. **Q: Who needs CBRN training?** A: Governmental agencies, defence ministries, police and law enforcement, fire and rescue, military units, embassy staff, critical-infrastructure operators, and healthcare facilities in elevated-risk environments. Any organisation that may face a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear incident. **Q: What is CBRN PPE Level A?** A: The highest level of CBRN personal protective equipment — a fully encapsulating, vapour-tight suit with self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), providing maximum protection against chemical and biological vapour, gas, and liquid splash. Used in Advanced and Specialised CBRN training. **Q: What is a CBRN training scenario?** A: A structured exercise — tabletop, functional, or live — placing personnel in a simulated CBRN incident and requiring execution of detection, response, decontamination, and reporting actions. Mission Support designs custom scenarios for client operational environments. **Q: What is counter-UAS / counter-drone?** A: Detection, tracking, identification, and (where legally authorised) mitigation of unauthorised drones in a protected airspace. Mission Support deploys counter-UAS systems for embassies, government facilities, critical infrastructure, and VIP events. **Q: Is drone jamming legal in Europe?** A: Drone jamming is restricted in most European jurisdictions and reserved for law enforcement and national security authorities. Private operators typically use detection and tracking systems; interdiction is handled by authorised agencies. Mission Support advises clients on the legal counter-UAS options available in their specific jurisdiction and supports coordination with competent authorities. **Q: What are secure communications?** A: The use of purpose-built hardware, software, and operational discipline to protect voice, data, and messaging from interception, monitoring, or exfiltration. Mission Support designs, deploys, and manages secure communications programmes for clients whose information has operational, legal, or governmental consequence. **Q: What is OPSEC?** A: Operations Security — the discipline of identifying information that matters to an adversary and controlling it across all channels. Communications security without OPSEC fails because adversaries can exploit metadata, timing, or behavioural patterns without breaking encryption. Mission Support embeds OPSEC into every programme. **Q: What is a red team in cybersecurity?** A: A red team simulates an adversary attacking an organisation's systems, networks, personnel, and physical security — testing detection and response under realistic conditions. Mission Support red team engagements are scoped to the client's specific threat profile. **Q: What is OT/SCADA security?** A: Security for industrial control systems — SCADA, DCS, PLCs — managing critical infrastructure. Governed by IEC 62443 and NIST 800-82 frameworks. Mission Support provides OT/SCADA penetration testing and security assessments for critical-infrastructure operators. **Q: What is HEAT training?** A: Hostile Environment Awareness Training — preparing civilian and governmental personnel for safe operation in conflict-affected or high-threat zones. Covers threat awareness, convoy procedures, checkpoint behaviour, kidnap prevention, first aid under fire, and immediate action drills. Mission Support HEAT is built on military operational methodology. **Q: Where does Mission Support operate?** A: Headquartered in the Netherlands. Operations are international, 24/7 worldwide — Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond. **Q: How do I contact Mission Support?** A: Email contact@missionsupportsecurity.com or use the contact form at https://missionsupportsecurity.com/contact/. All initial contact is treated as confidential. **Q: Is Mission Support NATO-friendly?** A: Yes. Mission Support operates to NATO-compatible standards, engages NATO-friendly clientele only, and does not engage with entities subject to NATO-country sanctions. **Q: How is Mission Support priced?** A: On request per engagement. No public day rates. Engagements are scoped individually under non-disclosure. --- ## CBRN Training Programme Reference Full hub: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/cbrn-training/ | Level | Name | Target Group | URL | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Awareness | Embassy staff, corporate personnel, NGO field staff | https://missionsupportsecurity.com/cbrn-training/awareness/ | | 2 | Basic | First responders, law enforcement, military support | https://missionsupportsecurity.com/cbrn-training/basic/ | | 3 | Advanced | Specialist response teams, HAZMAT, military CBRN units | https://missionsupportsecurity.com/cbrn-training/advanced/ | | 4 | Specialised | Elite operators, live-agent, complex scenario | https://missionsupportsecurity.com/cbrn-training/specialised/ | --- ## Key Reference Articles (Indexed for AI Retrieval) ### TSCM - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/what-is-tscm/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/how-to-detect-listening-devices/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/tscm-vs-cybersecurity/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/tscm-new-building-sweep/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/tscm-services-netherlands/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/corporate-espionage-prevention/ ### Close Protection - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/close-protection-officer-explained/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/bodyguard-vs-close-protection/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/how-to-hire-close-protection-officer/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/executive-protection-planning/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/executive-principal-at-risk-travel/ ### Security Driver - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/security-driver-protective-driving/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/what-is-a-security-driver/ ### CBRN Training - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/cbrn-training-scenarios/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/cbrn-response-training/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/cbrn-ppe-levels/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/cbrn-equipment-guide/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/cbrn-decontamination-training/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/cbrn-training-law-enforcement/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/cbrn-training-first-responders/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/cbrne-awareness-programme/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/cbrn-military-training/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/cbrn-training-netherlands/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/cbrn-preparedness-diplomatic-missions/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/critical-infrastructure-cbrn-preparedness/ ### Drone Counter-Measures - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/counter-uas-overview/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/drone-detection-mitigation/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/counter-uas-high-profile-events/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/drone-counter-measures-embassies/ ### Secure Communications - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/enterprise-secure-communications/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/secure-communications-network/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/what-is-comsec/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/secure-classified-communications/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/secure-tactical-communications/ ### Governmental / Procurement - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/vetted-supplier-criteria-governmental-tenders/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/nato-friendly-engagement-principles/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/procurement-security-services-governmental/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/tier-1-training-centre-standards/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/tier-1-nato-security-firm/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/insights/embassy-security-services-guide/ ### Safety / HEAT - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/hostile-environment-safety-planning/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/heat-methodology-outcomes/ - https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/training/risk-assessment-hostile-environment/ --- ## Full Resources Hub https://missionsupportsecurity.com/resources/ — operator-grade reference material: insights, training methodology, use cases, clearance frameworks, and wiki definitions. Sitemap: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/sitemap.xml --- ## News & Daily Intelligence Briefs Mission Support publishes daily intelligence briefs covering geopolitical and security developments relevant to client operational environments. News index: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/news/ --- ## Capability Brochure Available on request to verified organisational contacts: https://missionsupportsecurity.com/brochure/