Weaponized Open Sources: Protecting Your Brand from AI Disinformation 

AI disinformation uses artificial intelligence to create or spread false or misleading information designed to influence how people think, respond, or make decisions. For organizations, that can include fabricated documents, synthetic images, fake employee credentials, deepfakes, and false...

When you strip away the language and the frameworks, most security failures come down to one thing: people saw enough, early enough, and still didn’t act with the weight the situation deserved. That’s not a tooling problem. That’s an accountability and leadership problem. If you’re serious...

The operating environment has changed, and the way organizations approach security must continue to evolve with it. Advances in technology, the proliferation of connected systems, and the increasing use of cyber capabilities, autonomous platforms, and information operations have expanded both the...

At Hetherington Group, we not only pride ourselves on the work that we do to help people regain their digital privacy, but we also educate people on things they can do going forward to limit their digital exposure. In honor of digital privacy week, we wanted to share some of our knowledge and...

The fear of physical violence is the main reason Executive Protection (EP) teams and Physical Security specialists reach out to Hg. As referenced in my previous two blogs, most people use our Digital Vulnerability Program because of fear of physical harm to themselves or their family....

In my previous blog, we covered the importance of a comprehensive strategy for Digital Executive Protection (DEP) that goes beyond Personally Identifiable Information (PII) removal. In this second blog in the series, I want to address the role of social media data in DEP and how a comprehensive...

It’s time we had a real discussion about what Digital Executive Protection actually is and what it is currently lacking today. Personally, I’ve only been in the Digital Executive Protection (DEP) space while working at Hetherington Group, however I’ve been in the OSINT world for...

How We Got Here I don’t think people ever asked for the power to publish all their thoughts and ideas to the entire world. I think they just wanted to feel closer to the people that couldn’t sit with or visit every Sunday, to connect with their loved ones or old friends. But instead of...