Boutique Digital
Executive Protection
What makes ObscureIQ different from other digital executive protection services?
- Personalized Service, Boutique Experience: Unlike large, one-size-fits-all protection services, ObscureIQ is a boutique firm focused on personalized, client-first service. You are never a number on a list; you are our priority.
- CODEX Database: Our proprietary database of over 8,500 organizations that collect and sell consumer data gives us unparalleled insight into the data broker ecosystem, allowing us to identify and remove your information more effectively.
- DeepDelete Technology: We go beyond surface-level data removal by targeting "selectors," the key identifiers that link back to your personal information. This ensures that your data is truly removed and not easily repopulated.
- Threat-Actor Perspective: Our process doesn’t just focus on removing data. We analyze your digital footprint from the perspective of a threat actor, allowing us to identify and mitigate potential risks before they become real threats.
- Bespoke Action Plans: Our process is hands-on, personal, and thorough. We go beyond the basic approach of larger firms with bespoke tailoring of our plans and processes to your unique needs and threat landscape.
How Do We Protect Our Clients?
Our process starts with a penetrating open source intelligence audit of your footprint.
We then review our findings with you and, educate yuu on your threat surface, and create an action plan. This plan includes a deep cleansing of your footprint using proprietary tech. Depending on what we find in your audit, your action plan might recommend other bespoke actions on our part. We will also create a list of recommended actions you should take to reduce the data you are leaking to data brokers.
We end with continuous monitoring of brokers and the dark web for breaches. Active threat monitoring is also available.
client
onboarding
Client provides profile
Deeper info provided
(Optional)
We offer:
Attorney- Client Privilege
(via a partner and for an additional fee. Requires a conflict check.)
footprint
audit
We use:
Basic OSINT Tools
We use:
Military-grade OSINT
We use:
Proprietary Tools
(CODEX, more)
an Intelligence Gathering & Analysis phase
review / action plan
We deliver:
ObscureIQ CounterIntel Report (OCIR)
We meet with client:
Audit Readout and Advice Session
We deliver:
Client Action Plan (CAP)
a Reporting & Strategy phase
footprint
wipe
We perform:
Footprint Wipe
[DeepDelete Tech, up to 1000 brokers]
We communicate:
Wipe Updates
at 10, 21, 45 days.
[Portal access 24/7.]
We offer:
Bespoke Deletion Services
[Optional, based on CAP]
an Action & Remediation phase
continuous
monitoring
We provide:
Continuous Monitoring
Broker, DarkWeb
We provide:
Breach notifications
(as they occur)
We offer:
Active Threat Monitoring
(Optional, based on your threat level)
an Ongoing Protection phase
Our Process
Client Onboarding
- Client Provides Initial Info: You provide us with basic information, such as your full name, known aliases, current and previous addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, social media handles, and any other relevant details. This helps us begin building a profile and understand your potential risk factors. We can work with minimal info but it speeds the work and keeps you safer if we know the basics.
- Optional Deeper Info: To provide even more comprehensive protection, you have the option to provide additional context, which helps us fine-tune our approach.
Our Edge: We offer Attorney-Client Privilege via a legal partner for an additional fee, giving you an added layer of confidentiality.
Intelligence Gathering and Analysis
- Basic OSINT Tools: We utilize basic Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools to gather publicly available information about you from sources like social media, search engines, and public records databases. This initial scan helps us identify your online presence and potential vulnerabilities.
- Military-grade OSINT Tools: We leverage advanced OSINT tools and techniques to delve deeper into the digital world, uncovering hidden connections, data points, and potential threats that basic tools might miss.
- Proprietary Tools: ObscureIQ's unique CODEX database, containing over 8,500 organizations that collect and sell consumer data, is utilized to identify where your information is held and how it's being used. This gives us an edge in understanding your data exposure.
Our Edge: We don’t just find your data — we assess how it could be weaponized against you and take proactive measures. Our access to data sources and knowledge of the commercial surveillance ecosystem ensure your footprint audit will be deep and interesting.
Reporting and Strategy
- CounterIntel Report: We compile a comprehensive Counter Intelligence report detailing our findings. This report provides a clear picture of your digital footprint, highlighting vulnerabilities, potential threats, and areas of concern.
- Report Review: We review the report with you in detail, explaining the implications of our findings and answering any questions you may have. This collaborative approach ensures transparency and understanding.
- Client Action Plan (CAP): Based on the report and your specific needs, we develop a customized Client Action Plan (CAP) outlining the steps we'll take to mitigate risks and protect your privacy. This plan may include custom data removal efforts, reputation management, and advanced threat monitoring.
Our Edge: This is not a "download a report and good luck" service. You’ll meet with experts to discuss your plan, and we’ll walk with you every step of the way. We can provide group and individualized training as well.
Action and Remediation
- Footprint Wipe: We initiate the Footprint Wipe process, systematically removing your personal information from data broker databases and other online sources. This involves leveraging privacy laws (and more), technical expertise, and our deep understanding of the data ecosystem.
- Wipe Progress Updates: We provide regular updates on the progress of the Footprint Wipe at 10 days, 21 days, and 45 days. This keeps you informed and allows us to adjust our strategy as needed.
- Bespoke Deletes (Optional): Based on your CAP, we may undertake Bespoke Deletes, targeting specific public records, court results, search engine results, and other online traces that pose a threat to your privacy or reputation. This service is tailored to your unique needs and budget.
Our Edge: Our commitment to personalized updates, real-time transparency, and the ability to request bespoke deletions distinguishes us from the automated, one-size-fits-all approach of larger providers. Bespoke deletions go far beyond simple removal requests from uncovered data brokers. They involve comprehensive efforts to remove your personal information from hard-to-reach and often stubborn sources such as court records, government filings, private datasets, and online publications. These initiatives demand specialized expertise, procedural knowledge, strategic negotiation, and, when necessary, the use of legal filings to achieve successful outcomes.
Ongoing Protection
- Continuous Monitoring: As deletions complete, we initiate Continuous Monitoring of brokers and the dark web to ensure your data remains private and secure. This ongoing service helps us identify and address any new exposures or threats that may arise.
- Breach Notifications: As they occur, we will notify of releases of your personal data on the dark web.
- Active Threat Monitoring (Optional): For clients requiring an extra layer of protection, we offer Active Threat Monitoring. This service proactively identifies and neutralizes emerging threats in real-time, providing you with unparalleled peace of mind.
This detailed process ensures that we address your digital privacy concerns comprehensively and effectively. We are committed to providing you with the tools and expertise necessary to reclaim your privacy and protect your reputation in the digital world.
Our Edge: Continuous monitoring isn't just a "feature" — it's an integral part of our personalized protection service. We’re your digital partner, not just a service provider.
Ongoing Protection
- Continuous Monitoring: As deletions complete, we initiate Continuous Monitoring of brokers and the dark web to ensure your data remains private and secure. This ongoing service helps us identify and address any new exposures or threats that may arise.
- Breach Notifications: As they occur, we will notify of releases of your personal data on the dark web.
- Active Threat Monitoring (Optional): For clients requiring an extra layer of protection, we offer Active Threat Monitoring. This service proactively identifies and neutralizes emerging threats in real-time, providing you with unparalleled peace of mind.
This detailed process ensures that we address your digital privacy concerns comprehensively and effectively. We are committed to providing you with the tools and expertise necessary to reclaim your privacy and protect your reputation in the digital world.
Our Edge: Continuous monitoring isn't just a "feature" — it's an integral part of our personalized protection service. We’re your digital partner, not just a service provider.
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What exactly IS a digital footprint?
- Imagine walking on a beach. Every step you take leaves a footprint in the sand. But unlike the beach, the tide never comes to wash these prints away.
- Your digital footprint is the trail of information you leave online — every post, every purchase, every click, and every share. Even things you don't realize, like your location data, IP address, and search history, leave behind prints.
- Over time, your digital footprints trace out a detailed map of your life, one that strangers, companies, and cybercriminals can follow.
- Unlike a beach walk, the next wave doesn't wash them away. These tracks are much harder to erase.
FAQs about Digital Executive Protection
How can my digital footprint be used against me or my company?
Your digital footprint isn't just a harmless trail of online activity; it's a goldmine for anyone seeking to exploit you or your company. Think of it like this: every click, every post, every online transaction leaves a trace that can be pieced together to reveal a detailed picture of your life, your habits, and your vulnerabilities. Here's how this information can be weaponized:
- Doxing and Harassment: Your home address, phone number, and even details about your family can be readily found online through public records and social media. This information can be used to harass, intimidate, or even threaten you and your loved ones.
- Reputational Damage: A single ill-advised social media post from years ago, a negative online review, or even an unflattering photo can resurface and damage your reputation, your career, or your company's brand.
- Phishing and Social Engineering: Criminals can use your online information to craft highly targeted phishing emails or social engineering scams, tricking you into revealing sensitive information like passwords or financial details.
- Identity Theft: Your digital footprint provides ample opportunities for identity thieves to gather the information they need to open accounts, apply for loans, or even file taxes in your name.
- Competitive Espionage: Competitors can use your digital footprint to gain insights into your business strategies, your clients, and your intellectual property.
Is deleting my social media enough to protect my privacy?
- Unfortunately, no: Social media is just the tip of the iceberg. Data brokers, people search sites, and even government records hold a vast amount of information about you that's often publicly accessible. Deleting your social media accounts is a good first step, but it won't erase your digital footprint.
- Tools can help with Social Media privacy: If you are leaking personal data on social media, attackers and their new AI helpers can get to you with very effective social engineering campaigns. One way to stay on social media a limit your exposure is to make sure your privacy settings are optimized. That's is nearly impossible without help as Big Tech tries to syphon up your data. This app can help: Block Party App
What are data brokers, and how do they relate to digital executive protection?
Data brokers are companies that gather your personal information from a surprising number of sources – both online and offline. This can include anything from your public records and online activity to your magazine subscriptions and loyalty programs. They compile this data into detailed profiles and sell it to marketers, advertisers, and other companies, often without your knowledge or consent.
Think of it this way: your information is a valuable commodity, and data brokers are in the business of buying and selling it. This creates a significant risk to your privacy and security, as this information can be used for targeted advertising, identity theft, or even harassment.
That's where digital executive protection comes in. Services like ObscureIQ help mitigate this risk by:
- Identifying which data brokers hold your information.
- Removing your data from these databases.
- Minimizing your overall digital footprint to make you less of a target.
Can I really remove my information from the internet?
- It's challenging, but yes, to a significant extent. With the right tools and expertise, you can remove your information from data broker databases, suppress it from search results, and even obscure public records in some cases. While it's impossible to erase everything completely, you can significantly reduce your online exposure and make it much harder for people to find your information.
How much does digital executive protection cost?
- On the low end, a couple thousand dollars. The cost of digital executive protection varies greatly depending on the scope of services and the level of protection required.
- Many vendors and cyber security elements to their service mix which can escalate prices dramatically. ObscureIQ focuses on understanding your threat surface and mitigating that surface via data removal.
- ObscureIQ offers customized solutions tailored to individual needs and budgets. Contact us for a free consultation and personalized quote.
What about Luigi Mangione's slaying of Brian Thompson? Can digital executive protection reduce the risk of violent incidents like the HNC CEO shooting?
While it's impossible to guarantee the prevention of any specific incident, Digital Executive Protection might have significantly reduced the risk. High-profile figures like CEOs are often targeted because of the personal information readily available online. Attackers use this information to track locations, predict routines, and exploit vulnerabilities.
We should note that Brian Thompson was shot leaving a well-publicized event. Simply erasing his digital footprint wouldn't have eliminated all the risk. But other readily available info likely helped in the attack, such as info about his security posture and lifestyle.
With ObscureIQ's advanced Digital Executive Protection services, these risks are mitigated through a multi-layered approach:
- Footprint Audit & Threat Surface Reduction
Our in-depth Footprint Audit uncovers personal information that attackers could exploit, using the same tactics they do. This includes home addresses, family information, old contact details, and location history—all of which can be found in people search sites, data broker repositories, and public records. Removing this data shrinks the 'attack surface,' making it much harder for attackers to target executives. - DeepDelete Technology
Most data removal services operate at the surface level, but ObscureIQ’s DeepDelete goes deeper, removing personal information from up to 1,000 data brokers and location-based tracking systems. This significantly reduces the availability of sensitive information, such as past addresses, phone numbers, and travel patterns, making it far more difficult for attackers to trace or track them. - Continuous Threat Monitoring & Proactive Alerts
Attackers don't stop searching, and neither do we. Our continuous vigilance keeps executives one step ahead of emerging threats. Our ongoing threat monitoring alerts executives to any reappearance of personal data online. We also monitor for mentions, potential doxxing attempts, and emerging threats in real time. This proactive stance enables executives to act before threats escalate. - Custom Forensic Investigations
If a threat is detected, our investigation team leverages OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) tools, dark web monitoring, and proprietary tracking methods to identify threat actors, trace sources of exposure, and neutralize risks. This includes assistance with cryptocurrency thefts, blackmail, and other targeted threats.
Want to know if your personal information is at risk?
Contact us for Footprint Audit and see what attackers already know about you.
How can I protect myself and my family from targeted attacks fueled by online information?
- Taking proactive steps to protect your digital privacy is crucial. This includes minimizing your online footprint, securing your social media accounts, using strong passwords, and being cautious about the information you share online.
- Digital executive protection services like ObscureIQ can provide a comprehensive solution for mitigating these risks.
What steps can I take immediately to reduce my digital footprint and improve my security?
Here are a few immediate steps you can take:
- See our Free Guide: 7 Steps to Reduce Your Digital Dust by 90%
- Check out our other DIY Privacy Guides including
- Signup for our Tactical Privacy Wire to get advice on privacy issues you wont see elsewhere.
- Contact ObscureIQ for a free consultation and risk assessment.