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Executive Security

Addresses the unique cybersecurity risks facing C-suite leaders, board members, and senior management. Covers executive-targeted phishing, business email compromise, digital footprint management, travel security, and strategies organizations use to shield their leadership from increasingly personalized cyber threats.

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Whaling Attack

Whaling Attack Cybersecurity: How Execs Get Targeted

The CEO Who Wired $17 Million to a Criminal In 2016, an executive at Austrian aerospace parts manufacturer FACC received what appeared to be a routine email from the company's CEO. The message instructed a wire transfer of approximately €42 million — roughly $47 million — to accounts controlled by

Carl B. Johnson Apr 15, 2021 7 min read
Whaling Attack

Whaling Attack Cybersecurity: How CEOs Get Hooked

A Single Email Cost This Company $46.7 Million In 2015, Ubiquiti Networks disclosed that threat actors impersonated senior executives and tricked employees into wiring $46.7 million to overseas accounts. The attackers didn't exploit a software vulnerability. They didn't deploy ransomware. They sent emails — carefully

Carl B. Johnson Jan 19, 2020 8 min read