UTS Explainer Video — What is Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance?
A short explainer video breaking down Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance (UTS) for a defense and government audience.
I wrote the script for this explainer video that introduces Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance (UTS) — a concept coined by the U.S. Government in 2017 to describe the constant collection and long-term storage of our digital activity by sensors everywhere around us.
The challenge was distilling a complex, technical national security concept into something accessible in under 90 seconds. UTS breaks down into five threat vectors — Online, Electronic, Visual-Physical, Travel, and Financial — and the video needed to convey both the scope of the threat and Ridgeline's approach to mitigating it through Digital Signature Management.
This video was a key piece of Ridgeline's content marketing strategy. It helped position the company as the authority in this niche space and served as a top-of-funnel asset for prospects who were just learning about UTS for the first time. The video also supported the broader educational content I was producing on the Ridgeline website, including articles and product pages that dove deeper into specific threat vectors and solutions.