What security challenges does Executive Protection address?

Hacks and takeovers of executive social accounts Executive impersonation attacks Cyber threats (doxxing, swatting, data compromise, etc.) Physical threats (posts threatening violence, location and travel related threats, suspicious geo-location activity, etc.)

Why do I need Executive Protection?

Security teams are tasked to mitigate risk and be constantly vigilant to safeguard executives/VIPs and their families from emerging external threats across the surface, deep/dark web, and in the physical world. However, due to the scale and sophistication of modern attack campaigns, it can be a challenge to keep pace. Surface web attacks on executives’ personal brands often take the form of impersonating social media accounts or other public sites of executives/VIPs. These types of attacks can result in phishing, fraud, or harmful content posted with the intent to damage the targeted executive’s reputation. Another major issue is the trading of stolen information and doxxing in deep and dark web spaces. Sensitive information stolen from data breaches such as login credentials, credit card numbers, PII, etc., are hot commodities in underground, unindexed channels, and threat actors regularly buy and sell an executive’s sensitive user information that may lead to risks such as account takeovers and identity theft. Additionally, leaks of personally identifiable information (PII) such as names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. may lead to doxxing, which is the unauthorized public disclosure of guarded information that presents physical security risks to executives and their immediate family members. Executives and VIPs personally face risks from exposure incidents and disruption events in the home, office, and during travel. These can include public safety incidents like bomb threats, shootings, fires, amber alerts, etc. along with natural disasters, travel advisories, protest gatherings, and more.

How does ZeroFox uniquely provide Executive Protection?

First and foremost, ZeroFox excels at detecting and removing executive/VIP impersonations across social media and the greater surface web. This is achieved through the use of advanced AI to analyze voluminous data at scale to rapidly identify and provide actionable alerts for fraudulent activity that attack an executive’s reputation – such as impersonations. Once identified, ZeroFox works on your behalf to quickly remove malicious content via automated takedown requests submitted and monitored from directly within the platform. Next, ZeroFox uses continuous deep/dark web monitoring of criminal communities, marketplaces, and forums lurking on unindexed channels to detect and alert for data leaks, breaches, credential compromises, etc. that mention or relate to an executive/VIP. Additionally, ZeroFox provides early insight into attack planning/chatter that help you to avoid executive risks such as doxxing and identity theft. Finally, ZeroFox’s expert analysts provide deep dive assessments of executives and their related assets to identify risks, vulnerabilities, and malicious exploitation based on their digital footprints along with key recommendations to mitigate digital risk.

What does the optional Physical Security Intelligence provide?

For physical security risks, ZeroFox offers Physical Security Intelligence for timely, SOC-validated alerts to incidents and disruption events that occur within close proximity to your executives’ homes, worksites, and travel locations. These can be easily configured for your own needs and use cases from directly within the platform.

Doxxing is the act of publishing private personal information (PII) of an individual or organization, usually for purposes of shaming, extortion, or hacktivism. ZeroFox helps to identify inadvertent or criminal PII disclosures and other possible related activities such as compromised credentials and data loss. ZeroFox can continuously monitor and remove identity related listings from data broker sites to minimize exposures and possible misuse of such personal information

Executive Protection

Comprehensive digital and physical protection for corporate executives, VIPs, and other high-value people

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What is executive protection?

Executive protection safeguards corporate executives, VIPs, and other high-value targets from the increasing prevalence of physical and cyber threats. More than half of CEOs have received physical threats over the last year – and the risks only continue to grow. Additionally, executive protection helps prevent threat actors from exploiting executive reputation and influence through social media impersonations, account takeovers, and phishing attacks to trick unsuspecting victims into divulging sensitive information and falling for scams.

Why is executive protection vital?

To ensure meaningful protection, security teams must take into account both physical and digital risks. Every day, more sensitive information about executives and high-value individuals ends up on social media, on data broker sites, or on the dark web. AI-powered executive protection solution ensures these disclosures don’t lead to executive impersonations, inadvertent leakage of critical data, or worse, compromise digital and physical safety. An AI-led platform is critical to analyzing the complexity and driving protection of the intertwined digital and physical environments.

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Threats to executives are increasing.

They are leveraged by threat actors to conduct financial fraud, deploy ransomware, damage the brand, and even physical risks

Executives/VIPs Protected

Physical Security Alerts Validated in Last Year

Data Brokers Monitored for PII

Protect executives and secure your business.

Critical visibility & control

Extend visibility and social policy compliance to the digital landscape where high-profile executives and VIPs engage with fans, employees, customers, and partners. This ensures adherence with risk-appropriate usage and security controls. Automated enforcement mitigates risk before damage can occur unlike manual, reactionary approaches which are typically too little, too late

Comprehensive protection

Stop targeted attacks, from account hijacking to impersonations to PII leakage, before they cause damage to your executives’ reputation or safety

Protect from the unexpected

Get near real-time situational awareness of emerging threats and public safety concerns that pose a physical security risk at home, at the office and during travel situations. Physical Security Intelligence delivers near real-time warning to events that may endanger key personnel or facilities

Provide end-to-end executive protection.

The ZeroFox Advantage

For Executive Protection

Real-world situational awareness over threats to executives, VIPs, and their families while safeguarding online reputation and security.

How it Works

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Collect global intelligence for protected executive assets via scraping, API, human collection, and other techniques from all relevant OSINT (Surface Web) and Deep and Dark Web data sources.
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Analyze millions of content pieces daily across AI classifiers and advanced analysis models such as Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision (CV), and facial comparison to accurately detect and alert on executive threats.
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Authenticate with owned social accounts to monitor and remediate risks such as offensive posts, PII exposures, and indicators of compromise.
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Provide high-fidelity, SOC-vetted alerts for high impact events such as travel disruptions, fires, or public safety incidents occurring in or around executives’ homes, offices, and travel locations.
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Automate the removal of fraudulent, malicious or threatening content associated with an executive via industry-leading takedown processes.

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ZeroFox is extremely efficient and user friendly — the benefits, compared to the previous method, are invaluable. You cannot get those results doing it manually

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