The team behind the CYBERDEF DRP-service from Infosecurity, a division of Softline Solutions, has unveiled a new offering called CYBERID aimed at protecting corporate leaders from digital threats. The service targets executives, business owners, board members, and other key personnel whose public digital footprint could expose their companies to cyberattacks.
According to representatives from Softline, the Russian information security market currently lacks specialized services focused on comprehensive protection of individual digital footprints in the interest of business operations. CYBERID addresses this gap by implementing a comprehensive approach to safeguarding the digital traces left by company leaders.
Why Are Executives Becoming Primary Attack Targets?
The service’s relevance stems from an evolving cybersecurity landscape where attackers increasingly shift their focus toward individuals rather than infrastructure. Industry research cited in the announcement reveals that 85% of investigated data breach incidents involve human factors, making executives and employees primary targets for malicious actors. As companies strengthen their corporate infrastructure defenses, threat actors have adapted by targeting decision-makers who hold access to critical information.
Cybercriminals prepare attacks by analyzing executives’ digital footprints through open sources, leaked personal data, social networks, and other accessible information. This intelligence enables social engineering campaigns, targeted phishing, Fake Boss fraud schemes, business email compromise, and various other tactics designed to gain access to corporate resources.
How Does CYBERID Monitor and Mitigate Digital Risks?
Within the CYBERID service framework, Infosecurity specialists conduct monitoring across media outlets, social networks, messaging platforms, search engines, and other open sources. They also examine leaked personal data databases, specialized platforms, closed forums, and darknet resources. The team analyzes digital footprints of top executives and employees with access to critical information, evaluating which details pose risks to the company and identifying potential scenarios for their exploitation by attackers.
The service deliverables include a detailed assessment of key personnel’s digital footprints, information about identified threats and potential attack scenarios, plus a comprehensive set of mitigation measures. The CYBERDEF team goes beyond risk identification by actively engaging with internet platforms to remove compromising materials, initiating blocks on fake accounts and fraudulent profiles, monitoring threat elimination, and continuing surveillance to detect new incidents promptly.
Konstantin Melnikov, Head of Special Services Department at Infosecurity, emphasized that attackers no longer need to search for infrastructure vulnerabilities when publicly available information about individuals suffices. He noted that such data enables fraud, social engineering, attacks impersonating executives, and other scenarios whose consequences affect entire organizations. Understanding what information exists publicly and timely identification of associated risks helps protect decision-makers while reducing successful attack probability.
The new CYBERID service expands Infosecurity’s portfolio of protection solutions against external digital threats, complementing existing offerings to enable comprehensive defense of not only corporate infrastructure but also key organizational personnel.
Source: CNews