Engineering Assessment
Understand the system.
Review of the available technical documentation, system architecture and information-bearing interfaces to establish realistic engineering priorities.
Advanced TEMPEST & Electromagnetic Security Consulting
Engineering assessment for electromagnetic information security.
Senior engineering expertise for organisations developing secure electronic systems—turning complex technical information into practical, defensible decisions.
Effective engineering is not achieved by measurement alone. It is achieved by understanding the underlying mechanisms, identifying realistic risks and developing practical solutions.
Independent senior engineering assessmentEngineering challenges we help solve
A focused path from uncertainty to technical action.
Prototype Investigation
Investigate the right things first.
Focused measurement planning and technical investigation of the subsystems most likely to contribute to compromising emanations.
Engineering Mitigation
Turn findings into improvements.
Practical recommendations for filtering, shielding, grounding, cabling and system-level design improvement.
A traceable engineering methodology
Understand first.
Measure with purpose.
Every recommendation is traceable from the available technical documentation through a structured engineering assessment to a focused investigation strategy.
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Technical documentation
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System architecture
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Information-bearing interfaces
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Preliminary RED assessment
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Investigation priorities
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Engineering investigation strategy
Core expertise
Specialist knowledge across the complete engineering lifecycle.
- — TEMPEST and compromising emanations
- — Electromagnetic information security
- — Secure electronic system design
- — EMC engineering
- — RED/BLACK analysis
- — Conducted and radiated information leakage
- — Test planning and prototype investigation
- — Engineering mitigation
40+years of engineering experience
About Dieter Cordsen
Experience from design through certification.
Dieter Cordsen is a Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering with more than four decades of experience in TEMPEST engineering, compromising emanations, EMC and secure information technology.
He founded and led a specialist German TEMPEST engineering company and has supported national and international government organisations, defence programmes and technology companies throughout the complete product lifecycle—from initial design and engineering assessment to testing, mitigation and certification.
Through Cordsen Consulting, he now provides independent senior engineering assessments for complex electromagnetic information-security challenges.
“Engineering is not the process of measuring everything. Engineering is the process of understanding what is worth measuring.”
Cordsen Consulting · Frankfurt am Main, Germany