Protective intelligence is widely viewed as just a detection function, a team of analysts watching for hostile chatter online, then handing an organization the context behind an identified threat. That view overlooks most of what the discipline can deliver. A finding's value is determined almost entirely by what happens after it is identified. On its own, even a substantiated threat is just information sitting in a report. That information becomes a force multiplier once it m

Key executives at the C-suite level serve as more than just leadership for their organizations. The public often holds a perception of them as living embodiments of their own companies, where an executive’s name and reputation are often interchangeable with their company’s own values. They are bona fide brand ambassadors. As a consequence of this, threat actors also look at key executives through a different lens, viewing them as high-value targets in their attempts to strike