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BlackCloak Joins Global Elite with Wealthbriefing Award

February 19, 2026/in Press Release/by Rachel Quinn

Orlando, FL – February 19, 2026 – BlackCloak, the pioneer in Digital Executive Protection (DEP) and leader in Concierge Cybersecurity™ for high-net-worth individuals, their families, and Family Offices, announced today that it was selected as a winner in the Cyber and Network Security category at The WealthBriefing WealthTech Americas Awards 2026.

The annual WealthBriefing WealthTech Americas Awards program recognizes the most innovative and exceptional firms, teams, and individuals. The awards showcase outstanding organizations grouped by specialism and geography, which the prestigious panel of independent judges deemed to have “demonstrated innovation and excellence during the last year.”

Each of these categories is highly contested and subject to a rigorous process before the ultimate winner is selected by the judges. It is this process that makes WealthBriefing awards so prized amongst winners.

BlackCloak was chosen for its market-leading Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy™ Platform, tailored to secure the privacy, personal devices, home networks, and entire digital footprints of high-net-worth individuals and their families. The judges chose BlackCloak for its holistic cybersecurity solution that protects wealth, privacy, and family legacy.

The WealthBriefing WealthTech Americas Awards are part of a global program run by WealthBriefing, and its sister publications WealthBriefingAsia and Family Wealth Report, encompassing all of the world’s major wealth management centres.

“Protecting the world’s most targeted individuals and giving them assurance and peace of mind is our top priority,” said Dr. Chris Pierson, Founder and CEO of BlackCloak. “Attacks on the personal digital lives of high-net-worth individuals and families have become a primary means for cybercriminals to cause financial and reputational harm. As we continue our work to advance comprehensive, personal cybersecurity with 24/7 protection and expert concierge support, we are thrilled to receive this prominent recognition by Wealthbriefing WealthTech Americas.”

Stephen Harris, ClearView Financial Media’s CEO, and publisher of WealthBriefing, extended his congratulations to all winners and highly commended companies.

“Every winning entrant has been subjected to a rigorous and independent judging process and should be rightly proud of the success they have achieved this year,” he said. “This year, we have seen a marked increase in entrants and interest in all our global awards programs, and the WealthBriefing WealthTech Americas Awards 2026 is no exception. These awards give organizations and individuals the opportunity to clarify their strategic thinking, have it independently validated, be recognized internally and externally, and celebrate in style with their peers.

“I offer my congratulations and best wishes for the future to all winners and highly commended firms – they are all worthy recipients who join the prestigious list of wealth management professionals who form the global elite of WealthBriefing winners.”

For more information about BlackCloak’s personal cybersecurity backed by expert concierge support, visit https://blackcloak.io/private-client-services/.

About BlackCloak

BlackCloak protects corporate executives and high-profile individuals from cybersecurity, privacy, financial, and other reputational risks. Used by Fortune 500 companies across all industries, the BlackCloak Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy™ Platform is a comprehensive solution that includes mobile and desktop apps, as well as concierge support. Executives and high-profile individuals gain complete peace of mind knowing their family, reputation, and finances are secured. Companies rest assured that their brand, intellectual property, data, and finances are protected against threats from executives without invading their personal lives. Learn more at www.blackcloak.io and follow us on LinkedIn.

About ClearView Financial Media Ltd (“ClearView”)

ClearView Financial Media was founded by Chief Executive, Stephen Harris in 2004, to provide high quality ‘need to know’ information for the discerning private client community. London-based, but with a truly global focus, ClearView publishes the WealthBriefing group of newswires, along with research reports and newsletters, while also running a pan-global thought-leadership events and awards programme.

Media Contact
Beth Trier
Trier & Co. for BlackCloak
[email protected]

BlackCloak Builds Industry Momentum with Significant Revenue Growth, Validating Digital Executive Protection as an Enterprise Mandate

February 17, 2026/in Press Release/by Rachel Quinn

Key Takeaways:

Exceptional Financial Performance: Nearly doubled its year-over-year Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), exceeding annual revenue targets while maintaining high customer retention.

Rapid Scale and Expansion: More than doubled the global team and solidified partnerships with industry leaders, including WWT and PwC.

Client Growth: BlackCloak protects the senior leadership and 300+ board members for 26% of the Fortune 100

Strategic Market Analytics: Gartner® November 2025 report establishes Digital Executive Protection (DEP) as a critical requirement for modern enterprise cybersecurity strategies.

Recognized Excellence: Recognized by numerous prestigious awards, including placements on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, the Inc. 5000, and the SINET16 Innovator Awards.

Orlando, FL – February 17, 2026 – BlackCloak, pioneer of Digital Executive Protection (DEP) for corporate executives, boards of directors, and family offices, announced today significant corporate momentum, signaling a market shift where DEP is now recognized as a critical, “must-have” component of strategic enterprise cybersecurity.

This momentum is underscored by BlackCloak’s record-breaking fiscal year. The company nearly doubled its year-over-year Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), exceeding internal revenue goals and reflecting that forward-thinking enterprises now consider DEP a non-negotiable pillar of corporate resilience. BlackCloak removes the burden from internal security teams of having to simultaneously protect the personal privacy, devices, and homes of senior leaders, preventing them from compromising the corporate perimeter. Combined with the market shifts, this value proposition has accelerated BlackCloak as the leader in this category.

BlackCloak research highlights the harsh reality that as corporate perimeters harden, the high visibility of executives’ personal digital lives has become the primary soft target for threat actors seeking an entry point into the enterprise.

The Targeted Executive: C-suite executives are now 12 times more likely to be targeted in cyberattacks than any other employee.
The Family Entry Point: Over 50% of organizations believe it is highly likely that an executive’s partner or child will be the entry point for a targeted campaign.
Widespread Vulnerability: 87% of new clients had no security on their personal mobile devices or tablets prior to onboarding with BlackCloak.
Deep Web Exposure: 10 out of 10 client households were found to have exposed passwords on the dark web during their initial assessment.
Hidden Compromise: 39% of corporate executives were found to have active malware on their personal devices or wide-open home networks before securing them with BlackCloak.

In addition to its financial milestones, BlackCloak more than doubled its headcount while maintaining industry-leading customer retention rates. This growth is bolstered by strategic partnerships with global industry leaders, including WWT and PwC, further expanding the reach of its concierge-style DEP offerings.

“We continue to witness a profound surge in sophisticated, personal attacks targeting leaders exactly where they are most vulnerable – outside the corporate firewall,” said Dr. Chris Pierson, Founder and CEO of BlackCloak. “As the attack surface expands to include home networks, personal devices, and even family members, the risk to individuals and the enterprise has never been higher. Our momentum underscores a fundamental shift in the industry: organizations now recognize that a holistic Digital Executive Protection strategy is the only way to safeguard their executives, protect their families, and ultimately defend the corporation’s integrity from these pervasive and highly targeted threats.”

Industry Validation of Concierge-style DEP

The Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC)’s “2025 Annual Data Breach Report,” released in January 2026, summarizes the rapidly evolving problem of personal data breaches: “We have moved beyond an era of simple identity theft into a State of More. More attacks that are more precise, more automated and more difficult to detect.” The report also reveals that “data breaches are a near-universal experience for consumers, with 80 percent of respondents having received a data breach notice in the past 12 months; nearly 40 percent of people responding to the survey received 3-5 separate notices in the past year. A staggering 88 percent of people who received a data breach notice experienced at least one negative consequence after a breach, including an increase in “phishing” or scam attempts (53.7%), an increase in spam emails or robocalls (49.2%), and attempted takeover of an existing account (40.3%).”¹

A recent Gartner report, Navigate Executive Protection Solutions for Digital Threat Defense,² notes, “Adversaries are increasingly targeting executives in the cyber and physical realm, driving greater urgency for organizations to develop more robust cybersecurity strategies to protect their greatest asset — people.”

Gartner further highlighted the value of specialized vendors, stating, “Concierge-style executive protection service providers often have a more concierge-type service where the provider will engage more directly with the executive instead of the security team. Specialized executive protection vendors extend their scope of executive protection to include home network scanning, penetration testing for home offices, and personal mobile device monitoring. There are benefits to these types of concierge-style service engagement, such as offering more privacy for executives.”

Industry Firsts and Awards

BlackCloak continues to lead through innovation, having launched the industry’s first DEP Framework and DEP Resource Center. To date, the DEP Framework has been downloaded more than 700 times, providing CISOs with a standardized roadmap for implementing executive protection.

The company’s excellence has been recognized with many prestigious industry awards over the past year, including:

The 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™
The 2025 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies
2025 Inc. Best Workplaces
2025 SINET16 Innovator Award
2025 SC Award for Best Customer Service

“I am immensely proud of our team’s growth and innovative contributions to the industry, providing comprehensive defense for those in the crosshairs of advanced threats,” said Dr. Pierson. “As enterprises and high-profile executives face increasingly sophisticated threats, BlackCloak is committed to hardening the personal digital footprints of the world’s most targeted individuals and providing holistic Digital Executive Protection that safeguards executives and their families.”

For more information about BlackCloak’s Digital Executive Protection solution, visit blackcloak.io.

About BlackCloak

BlackCloak protects corporate executives, board members, high-profile individuals and their families from cybersecurity, privacy, financial, and other reputational risks. Used by Fortune 500 companies across all industries, the BlackCloak Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy Platform is a comprehensive solution that includes mobile and desktop apps, as well as concierge support. Executives and high-profile individuals gain complete peace of mind knowing their family, reputation, and finances are secured. Companies rest assured that their brand, intellectual property, data, and finances are protected against threats from executives without invading their personal lives. Learn more at www.blackcloak.io and follow us on LinkedIn.

Media Contact
Beth Trier
Trier & Co. for BlackCloak
[email protected]

¹https://www.idtheftcenter.org/post/2025-annual-data-breach-report-record-number-compromises/
²Gartner – Navigate Executive Protection Solutions for Digital Threat Defense by By: Elizabeth Kim, Mitchell Schneider, November 3, 2025.

GARTNER is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates.

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BlackCloak Named a 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Award Winner by TMCnet and INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine

February 5, 2026/in Press Release/by Rachel Quinn

Orlando, FL, February 5, 2026 — BlackCloak, the pioneer in Digital Executive Protection for corporate executives, boards of directors, and family offices, announced today that it has been named a recipient of the 2025 TMCnet Cybersecurity Excellence Award presented by TMC’s Internet Telephony magazine.

The BlackCloak Digital Executive Protection (DEP) Platform was selected as a winner for addressing one of today’s most critical and under-protected risk areas: cyber threats originating in executives’ personal digital lives. By securing personal devices, home networks, online accounts, and digital identities, BlackCloak helps organizations reduce the risk of targeted attacks, financial fraud, data exposure, and lateral movement into corporate environments.

BlackCloak’s DEP platform combines continuous monitoring, privacy protection, incident response, and 24/7 concierge support to deliver comprehensive protection without intruding into executives’ personal lives.

“Business leaders and their families are high-value targets for cybercriminals. Traditional enterprise security tools were never designed to protect the personal digital ecosystem and leave them largely unprotected,” said Dr. Chris Pierson, Founder and CEO of BlackCloak. “This recognition reinforces the importance of extending cybersecurity beyond the corporate perimeter. We’re proud to deliver Digital Executive Protection that helps organizations reduce executive risk while providing leaders and their families peace of mind in their personal lives.”

“Congratulations to BlackCloak for being honored with a Cybersecurity Excellence Award for their innovation and commitment to securing precious networks and data. The BlackCloak Digital Executive Protection Platform has demonstrated outstanding quality and has delivered exceptional, measurable, tangible results for its users,” stated Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC.

About BlackCloak

BlackCloak protects corporate executives and high-profile individuals from cybersecurity, privacy, financial, and other reputational risks. Used by Fortune 500 companies across all industries, the BlackCloak Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy™ Platform is a holistic solution that includes mobile and desktop apps and concierge support. Executives and high-profile individuals gain complete peace of mind knowing their family, reputation, and finances are secured. Companies rest assured that their brand, intellectual property, data, and finances are protected against threats from executives without invading their personal lives. Learn more at www.blackcloak.io and follow us on LinkedIn.

A Respected Honor – Backed by TMC’s 50 Years of Excellence

Earning an Industrial IoT Product of the Year Award instantly elevates the brand for each winning company. Their stature is raised not only before TMC’s extensive and educated audience of technology professionals, decision-makers, and executives, but their entire eco-system of end users and other providers. TMCnet reaches in excess of 1,000,000 monthly unique visitors.

Established in 1972, parent company TMC has a long-standing presence in the technology media space – and are respected for our unbiased coverage of IP communications, cybersecurity, telecom, IoT, cloud, CX, and AI. Earning a TMCnet award brings a high level of industry recognition.

About TMC
For more than 20 years, TMC has been honoring technology companies with awards in various categories. These awards are regarded as some of the most prestigious and respected awards in the communications and technology sector worldwide. Winners represent prominent players in the market who consistently demonstrate the advancement of technologies. Each recipient is a verifiable leader in the marketplace.

TMC also provides global buyers with valuable insights to make informed tech decisions through our editorial platforms, live events, webinars, and online advertising. Leading vendors trust TMC, thought leadership, and our events for branding, thought leadership, and lead generation. Our live events, like the ITEXPO #TECHSUPERSHOW, deliver unmatched visibility, while our custom lead generation programs and webinars ensure a steady flow of sales opportunities. Display ads on trusted sites generate millions of impressions, boosting brand reputations. TMC offers a complete 360-degree marketing solution, from event management to content creation, driving SEO, branding, and marketing success. Learn more at www.tmcnet.com and follow @tmcnet on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X.

Media Contact
Beth Trier
Trier & Co. for BlackCloak
[email protected]