Chloe is a former award-winning journalist that now focuses on content strategy and brand storytelling. She spent years reporting on the business and tech sectors.
Firmographics Digital Risk Exposure Industry: Energy & UtilitiesExecutives Enrolled: 58Employees Enrolled: 2,598 Executives:More than 75,000 exposed PIIMore than 2,100 data breachesEmployees:More than 1.42M exposed PIIMore than 36,000 data breaches Executive Summary A leading energy & utilities company with approximately 5,000... Read More
Firmographics Digital Risk Exposure Industry: Banking/FinanceExecutives Enrolled: 21Employees Enrolled: 72 VanishID discovered 2,843 breaches and 269 cleartext credentials in the span of nine months. VanishID removed 62,142 pieces of exposed PII over nine months. Executive Summary A major financial institution... Read More
A senior executive finishes a conference presentation and posts a photo from the event on LinkedIn—harmless enough, it seems. Within days, threat actors begin mapping publicly available information about that executive, including contact details, speaking schedules, past roles, and company... Read More
Cyber risk has moved far beyond the IT department. Today, it sits alongside financial, operational, and regulatory risks that board members expect to understand and manage. Yet many organizations still struggle with cybersecurity board reporting because the conversation remains rooted... Read More
The threats facing today’s executives aren’t hypothetical, they’re happening right now. In this montage, cybersecurity leaders share firsthand accounts of nation-state targeting, physical threats traced back to online data exposure, and the growing reality that digital vulnerability has direct consequences... Read More
It begins like dozens of other calls that happen every week. The voice is steady, familiar, and direct. It sounds like the CEO because, to everyone listening, it is the CEO. There is a transaction tied to a closing. Timing... Read More
What would happen if your CEO’s identity was stolen overnight, not their laptop or a single password, but their full digital identity? This is no longer a personal issue handled quietly behind the scenes. When executive identity theft happens, it... Read More
Bethesda, MD- January 22nd, 2026. — VanishID, a leader in data privacy protection for the judicial branch, elected officials, and government employees, is proud to welcome Tommy Hoschouer to the team. VanishID In The Public Sector Public officials and government... Read More
Firmographics Digital Risk Exposure Industry: Food ServicesSize: Hundreds of thousandsExecutives Enrolled: 14Employees Enrolled: 0 VanishID discovered 893 breaches and 48 cleartext credentials in the span of nine months. VanishID removed 14,386 of exposed PII over nine months. Executive Summary A... Read More
Firmographics Digital Risk Exposure Industry: InsuranceSize: 3,000+Executives Enrolled: 12Employees Enrolled: 0 VanishID discovered 702 breaches and 29 cleartext credentials in the span of 9 months. VanishID removed 17,705 pieces of exposed PII in 9 months. Executive Summary A leading insurance... Read More
Firmographics Digital Risk Exposure Industry: HealthcareExecutives Enrolled: 850+Employees Enrolled: 2,000+ VanishID discovered 91,038 breaches and 5,423 cleartext credentials in the span of nine months. VanishID removed 3,362,526 pieces of exposed PII in nine months. Executive Summary A leading healthcare company... Read More
Your domain name carries a lot of weight. It appears in your emails, on your social media, and across every digital touchpoint customers rely on, so people form opinions about your company long before they interact with anyone on your... Read More
VanishID CEO Matt Polak joined David Shaw of Directors & Boards on December 18, 2025 for a conversation about “The Visibility Paradox”. Your personal security measures mean nothing if your family is exposed. Matt Polak reveals why threat actors are... Read More
Threats to your systems don’t just come from outside attackers. Some of the most damaging breaches start from within. Internal cybersecurity threats, both intentional and accidental, often go unnoticed for longer and can be just as disruptive as external attacks.... Read More
VanishID CEO Matt Polak joined Family Business Magazine in November 2025 to talk about how the line between work and home doesn’t exist anymore. Especially not for threat actors. Digital breadcrumbs lead to very real threats. As Matt explained: “They’re... Read More
When a bank account is hacked, it means someone has gained unauthorized access; typically through stolen credentials, malware, or an account takeover. These breaches allow attackers to transfer money, steal personal data, and sometimes reach far beyond a single account.... Read More
“I think more and more you’re seeing kind of your professional life bleeding into your personal life, which wasn’t really the case before.” That insight from Principal of Energy Impact Partners, Tansel Ismail, captures exactly why executive digital protection has... Read More
Personal data protection is evolving faster than ever, not just in 2025, but for the decade ahead. What was once a niche concern for IT teams has now become a central issue for governments, global businesses, and everyday consumers. The... Read More
Raman Khanna, former CIO of Stanford University and board member at VanishID, gets straight to the point about a gap most security teams haven’t fully addressed. “We are tackling end point security, network security and all those things, but human... Read More
What should companies do about the gap between technical defenses and the human attack surface? Matt Bigge, Partner at Crosslink Capital and U.S. Army Veteran, shared with us recently that his concern isn’t about firewalls or endpoint detection. The reality... Read More
“This is a team of sophisticated technologists applying new technology to solve problems very much like the problems that faced me.” Ben Fried, former Google exec and VanishID board member, shares a story that may not be all that uncommon... Read More
“I think more and more recently there’s been more companies trying to address a broader market in the digital protection space. We think VanishID is really at the forefront of that. — Jeff Hinck, Managing Director, Rally Ventures The threat... Read More
VanishID CEO Matt Polak and Bugcrowd Founder Casey Ellis discuss real-world horror stories from cyber and physical security, and how human risk intelligence and attack surface management help organizations stay protected. As pioneers in digital footprint protection and executive security,... Read More
Somewhere online, there may be a version of you making moves you never approved. This impersonator is not science fiction but a digital doppelgänger – a profile pieced together from stolen credentials, leaked databases, social media posts, data broker files,... Read More