Chris Pierson, our CEO and Founder, has dedicated much of his “digital executive protection” firm’s efforts to protecting a breach point that, at times, lives beyond corporate walls and firewalls. Pierson says today’s cyberattackers bypass high-security corporate environments—the castles—by exploiting less-defended personal email accounts.

“If the castle walls are high, don’t attack the king and queen there. Go attack them down at the summer cottage, right? You attack them where there are less controls, but the same target,” Pierson told IT Brew.

Pierson, along with other cybersecurity pros who spoke with IT Brew, gathered a checklist of controls to avoid turning personal compromises into corporate ones.

Read the full article here: https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2024/10/23/how-to-protect-an-exec-s-personal-email