How a mid-sized investment firm combined dark web monitoring with advanced phishing simulations after a near-loss to CEO impersonation.
Basic training wasn't enough for a firm that attackers target on purpose.
The firm was constantly targeted by sophisticated business email compromise attacks.
It nearly lost $850,000 in a CEO impersonation scam.
Executives' credentials were regularly found on dark web markets.
A three-month security enhancement program.
Deployed: dark web monitoring and advanced phishing simulations.
Ongoing monitoring of dark web markets for executive credentials.
Alerts when exposed credentials are found, so action happens fast.
Training built around the attacks the firm actually faces.
Phishing scenarios written for financial services.
Targeted coaching for the people attackers go after.
Measured over the first year.
secriq’s dark web monitoring gave us the early warning system we desperately needed. When our CFO’s credentials appeared on a hacker forum, we received an alert within minutes and prevented what could have been a devastating attack. The combination of continuous monitoring and targeted employee training has made us exponentially more resilient against financial cybercrime.
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