Many executives focus their security efforts and budgets solely on physical threats, but attacks targeting an executive’s digital presence can be just as dangerous.
Criminals are looking to exploit the wealth of high-profile and high net-worth individuals—or cause them embarrassment or personal harm—at an unprecedented rate. And, as the most abundant source of company secrets and IP, they’re a primary attack vector of their businesses too.
Attacks on VIPs involve attempts at accessing their sensitive information and span both the real world and the web. Because of their digital and physical vulnerabilities, protecting them requires a 360-degree view of their attack surface, i.e., anything related to their physical or digital presence that can be used against them. But to defend an executive’s attack surface, you first have to define it.
Today, developing a plan to protect an executive, and in turn, their families and businesses, means understanding what information should be considered sensitive and having the tools to monitor the internet for it. References to names and addresses of the individual and their family and associates on forums, malicious rhetoric toward them, and the presence of leaked sensitive data are all crucial intelligence. This internet-wide visibility provides security teams with invaluable information and context not only about potential cyberattacks, but also attacks that may occur in the real world.
The top historic executive threats demonstrate how seemingly insignificant information has enabled completely preventable incidents. These top-five examples of threats to executives illustrate the overlap between the physical and the digital threat landscapes.
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