Security News > 2023 > June > One overlooked element of executive safety: Data privacy

At one time, executive protection meant providing bodyguards and secure transit and fortifying executive offices against external threats.

Executives are particularly at risk for "Whaling" attacks, where a criminal impersonates an executive via email or another means of communication and asks the target for money and/or information.

SEE: Explore these data governance best practices to secure your data privacy.

Data from my company, OneRep, shows that the average person has data records on 46 of them.

Our data shows that much of this information resurfaces within four months - when they get their next data dump from their data broker.

Companies understandably prioritize protecting the physical safety of top executives, but in today's polarized, always-on world, keeping executives safe online is also imperative.

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