We’ve Got your Back; High Net Worth Familes Use iScoutWeb to Protect Privacy and Reputation

The Challenge

In today’s cyber threat landscape, the risk is greatest to those with the most valuable assets; assets comprised of family, wealth, reputation, and brand.

The Internet has become a two-way window to the world.  Just as any family, high net worth families recognize the power and benefits of having the world’s information literally at their fingertips; and they acknowledge with mixed emotions sometimes their capacity for instantaneous communications and the benefit of being “so connected.”

Unfortunately, the two-way window presents unprecedented access to their personal lives.  The simple fact is that the improper use of social media and being “over exposed” due to weak privacy settings in social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare create a significant opportunity for “bad guys” to exploit this information in the worst way.

The Solution

The obvious question then becomes: “What does a high net family need to know to protect themselves; and what should they prioritize in terms of changing their online security profile?”

DigitalStakeout’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) works with high net families to meet this new need head-on.

1 ) Changing the level of visibility others have into the family online.

By scouring the websites, social networks, and the deep web, iScoutWeb™ detects everything that can attribute back to the family’s non-public personal information such as address, phone number, email, and cell phone number. DigitalStakeout works with the family to remove every listing possible for them and close relatives.

2) Managing the online reputation of the family.

iScoutWeb™ detects negative content targeting the family and immediately informs key personnel. The moment something “hits the wires,” DigitalStakeout ERT supports the family and crisis management personnel to determine the level of severity and media distribution of the event.

3) Monitoring for online mistakes which could compromise physical security.

iScoutWeb™ monitors for social media content where physical location can be “pinned” on a family member. Additionally, monitoring of support staff is conducted to assure a child’s location or schedule is not compromised. iScoutWeb™ persistently monitors for geo location exposures on on Twitter, Foursquare and other applicable social media.