The Echosec Blog

Retail organizations around the world are fully embracing open source intelligence (OSINT), and the concept of being able to seamlessly filter through billions of online posts to discover valuable intelligence for their security operations. Read More

Telegram is an instant messaging, voice, and video messaging service, often compared to Whatsapp. Read More

It is estimated that 90% of the world’s data has been created in the last two years alone. What that means for businesses is that they may be significantly more vulnerable to information breaches than ever before. Read More

Discord is a voiceover IP and messaging program, particularly used by members of the popular game streaming platform, Twitch. Read More

  Are You Monitoring For Data Leaks On The Dark Web? If it is your job to protect people and assets, the Dark Web (or Darknet) is an important place to navigate. Dark web data is a crucial element for security and threat intelligence, and the team at Echosec have built a tool to search it. Beacon is the OSINT tool that delivers structured dark web data. With Beacon, you.. Read More

Executive protection is a set of security measures intended to mitigate risk for people whose reputations, wealth, or positions require heightened personal security. When employees, spokespeople, and stakeholders are at an elevated personal risk, it is the role of the organization they represent to assess and manage that risk accordingly. Executive protection services can.. Read More

Brand protection is evolving. Protecting your brand online means protecting your revenue and your reputation, and maintaining the trust of your customers in the face of malicious behaviour from digital criminals targeting your business. Read More

Social media listening tools are everywhere these days. Each one has a different set of value props ranging from sentiment analysis to influencer scoring. No matter how you slice it, there is tremendous value in having many ears to the online conversation. The question for agencies isn’t whether or not they need a social media listening tool, but knowing what type of tool.. Read More

Everybody’s talking about the European Union General Data Protection Regulation right now, and for good reason. The EU GDPR is a broad, powerful piece of legislation that came into effect on May 25th, 2018, and has rewritten the rules of privacy in Europe and the rest of the world, for business and consumers alike. If you're not up-to-date on the new law, or if you’re.. Read More

Ten years ago, open source information was scarce. Finding information about companies and people was primarily done with a phone book. It’s no secret that this has changed dramatically since the dawn of the smartphone.In recent years, open source intelligence (OSINT) is has taken on a whole new meaning. People of all ages and demographics have become very comfortable.. Read More