Testimony of James M. Atkinson, President and Sr. Engineer, Granite Island Group 1 of 168 Before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure U.S. Coast Guard Budget and Oversight Hearing, April 18, 2007 Granite Island Group 127 Eastern Avenue, #291 Gloucester, MA 01931 James M. Atkinson http://www.tscm.com/ jmatk@tscm.com (978) 546-3803 The information contained herein may not be utilized without the written permission of James M. Atkinson. Testimony of James M. Atkinson President and Sr. Engineer Granite Island Group Before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure U.S. Coast Guard Budget and Oversight Hearing April 18, 2007 My name is James M. Atkinson, and I am the President and Senior Engineer of Granite Island Group located in Gloucester, MA, which is a small veteran owned company that since 1987 has specialized in the field of electronics engineering. We have special capability involving the protection of classified, confidential, privileged, or private information against technical attack, eavesdropping, or exploitation. I am responsible for performing visual and instrumented TSCM (Technical Surveillance Counter Measure) surveys. This includes the analysis of all signals present on the airways; evaluation of telephone lines, computer networks, detection of computer viruses and Trojan horses, security of voice and data switching systems, and any mechanism by which a spy could commit technical eavesdropping or surveillance against or exploitation of a target through technical means. Also included in these responsibilities are the studies of electromagnetic interference (EMI), and the study of electromagnetic compliance (EMC), to include the performance of visual and instrumented TEMPEST inspections, and measures to mitigate other technical weaknesses in communications and computer systems. I have attended extensive private and government sponsored TSCM, TEMPEST, cryptographic, technical intelligence, electronics, and security training both in the United States and abroad. I have been involved in many hundreds of TSCM, TEMPEST inspections, over the past 25 years of government and private sector assignments. I have been extensively published on these subject matters, and have authored materials that have affected national policy. My clients include major corporations, heads-of-state, diplomats, government agencies, defense contractors, hospitals, courthouses, police stations, banks, universities, publicly traded companies, private companies, stockbrokers, ranchers, farmers, fisherman,