COUNTER-ESPIONAGE – TSCM – CYBER SECURITY INTELLIGENCE

A sovereign & independent
 NCSC-assured specialist.

Cognition Intelligence provides counter-espionage investigation, technical surveillance counter-measures, managed cyber intelligence and cyber advisory to businesses, family offices, and individuals who need the ultimate peace of mind.

GCHQ
Official Secrets Act
1st
NCSC Cyber Advisor Cohort
25+
Years protecting clients

SPECIALISTS

What we do

Specialist cyber intelligence services for organisations and individuals who face real threats.

Counter-espionage - Investigation

When confidential information is at risk, from a competitor, a foreign actor, or an insider, we investigate, identify the source, and advise on remediation. We have provided technical evidence in criminal proceedings and supported organisations facing nation-state-level intrusion.

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Cyber Technical Surveillance Counter-Measures · CyTSCM

Physical and electronic “bug sweeps” of offices, vehicles, planes, yachts, residential properties, and devices. We identify covert surveillance equipment, compromised communications, and vulnerabilities across the full technical spectrum, from audio devices to advanced cellular interception and cyber intrusion.

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Cyber Intelligence · Managed Protection

Continuous managed cyber protection delivered through Cyber Overwatch, our proprietary platform. Human threat hunters monitor your technical environment around the clock, integrating with Microsoft/Google and every tool your organisation already uses.

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NCSC Assured Service Provider
NCSC Cyber Advisor
GCHQ - Official Secrets Act
Chartered Institute of Information Security

WHO WE ARE

The team

Experienced. Vetted. Personally accountable.

UK Leading Cyber Security Expert and author Anthony Upward sits at a desk signing his latest book Counter-Espionage: The Cyber TSCM Handbook First practitioner guide to Cyber TSCM. Foreword by Lord John Stevens QPM.
Anthony Upward MCIIS, EWCM

Founder · Chief Executive

Anthony Upward founded Cognition Intelligence following a career spanning military electronic warfare, government cyber operations, and private sector intelligence work. He was among the first practitioners to complete the NCSC Cyber Advisor scheme and led the accreditation of Cyber Overwatch as an NCSC Assured Service Provider. He is the author of Counter-Espionage: The Cyber TSCM Handbook.

Major General Jonathan Shaw CB CBE Former Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Global Issues). UK's MOD Lead Defence Cyber Security Programme. Advisory Board Chair of Cyber Overwatch, UK
Maj Gen Jonathan Shaw CB CBE

Advisory Board · Chair

Major General Jonathan Shaw CB CBE served as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Global Issues) and brings strategic intelligence and national security leadership to the advisory board. His role ensures that Cognition Intelligence’s approach reflects the standards and disciplines of the highest levels of UK government cyber practice.


⋅ Our senior team holds government vetting to a minimum of SC level. All practitioners are members of recognised professional bodies including the Chartered Institute of Information Security and the UK Cyber Security Council.

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

What our clients say

Our clients include estate management businesses protecting critical infrastructure, financial institutions managing sensitive negotiations, and private family offices that require the highest level of personal technical security.

Cognition are key to our decision making, we rely on them not just for complete Cyber Overwatch but for strategic guidance.

MANAGING DIRECTOR · FAMILY OFFICE · LONDON

Being a CTO can be lonely sometimes especially in CNI. The support and guidance I receive from Cognition adds huge value to the board and myself. Its wonderful to have the confidence in a partner like this.

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER · CRITICAL NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE · UK

In a highly regulated space we need people that have the same objectives as us and work to make us better, Cognition Intelligence do that, we would be worse without them.

GENERAL COUNSEL · FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP · LONDON


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