VIP Protection
Monitoring and mitigation fake accounts for VIP-persons and C-level impersonation
Group-IB Digital Risk Protection protects the personal brand of VIP-persons and C-level professionals in cyberspace by hunting down impersonations and illegal copies of accounts.
Why is it important?
> 50,000$
an attacker earned in a week using the top manager's personal brand
43%
of media figures have fake accounts on social media
5 Mln
views of a fake VIP account's Instagram post in 7 days
The total number of social media users has grown by more than 13% over the past year.
Along with the overall rise in popularity of social media, the number of fake accounts is also on the rise. Fraudsters often use the personal brand of famous people in order to attract and deceive users. But the actions of cybercriminals harm not only deceived users, but also undermine the success of the impersonated VIPs and their projects.
How fake accounts damage business
Reputational risk
Discreditation of the manager's reputation and, as a result, the reputation of the business
Attacks on a company's business
Access to sensitive company information through phishing schemes involving VIPs
Destabilization of the company's brand
Using an executives identiti to cause online havoc to a companys brand
How Group-IB Digital Risk Protection works:
1
Monitoring
Digital Risk Protection 24/7 automatically monitors Internet resources for fake accounts of VIPs and С-level managers.
Social media
2
Data analysis
System detects all fake accounts and misuse of personal brand.
Fake accounts on social media
2
Еlimination of violations
We block fake accounts that use the personal data of a VIP.
Sending notifications to social network administrators
Dialogue with real owners of fake accounts
Investigation of violations - identification of persons involved in the violation