A 2025 snapshot of the exposure of more than 10,000 C-suite executives in the USA across different sectors and roles, and how compromised privacy impacts cyber and physical security. The numbers tell a troubling story: 93% of C-suite executives have... Read More
Enterprise digital executive protection pioneer among five innovative startups chosen as part of a new Security Solutions-focused program to support accelerated cybersecurity and fraud prevention innovation Bethesda, MD- July 1st, 2025 – VanishID, the first agentic AI-powered digital executive protection service... Read More
Armed with investment from Dell Technologies Capital, agentic AI-powered digital executive protection leader prepares for its next stage of growth Washington, DC – April 22, 2025 – VanishID, the leader in agentic AI-powered digital executive protection for enterprises, today announced its rebrand... Read More
This guide will help you: Frame the problem for your stakeholders Understand the different solutions available to your organization Avoid common pitfalls when choosing a PII removal service Understand the long-term considerations of your selection Understand when VanishID is the... Read More
Robert M. Lee, a recognized cybersecurity authority and CEO of Dragos, volunteered for a live hacking demonstration sponsored by VanishID (formerly Picnic). Despite his expertise (he was named Security Executive of the Year for 2022 by SC Media), ethical hacker... Read More
Data brokers make more than 93% of U.S. Chief Executives’ home addresses visible Washington, DC – March 5, 2025 – Digital executive protection leader VanishID (formerly Picnic) today released a summary report, “Digital Privacy Snapshot: Leadership at Risk,” revealing that U.S. chief... Read More
/ Press Releases / By VanishID WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S., April 22, 2024 — Picnic Corporation, a pioneer in cybersecurity innovation, today announced the launch of its groundbreaking Human Risk API. This technology offers a unique solution for security teams, enabling the seamless integration... Read More
Ben Andreas, VP of Managed Services at Picnic, offers a demo of the digital risk protection services (DRPS) platform to the attendees of UniCon24, a virtual day-long event hosted by Scythe and sponsored by Picnic. Read More
In this session, recorded on 02/05/2024, Picnic and Scythe joined forces to offer a perspective on prevention that spans the entire kill chain. Learn how attackers conduct target reconnaissance pre-access by leveraging OSINT and exploiting human vulnerabilities. Discover how emulating... Read More
If you want to learn about Picnic and how we protect the human attack surface with digital risk protection services, this is the webinar to watch. Matt Polak, CEO and founder of Picnic, explains the rationale behind Picnic’s approach to... Read More
Howard Miller is the CIO at UCLA Anderson School of Management. He has been a VanishID customer since 2023 and, in this video, shares the challenges VanishID helps to solve and the value that the service brings to his organization’s... Read More
Download PDF Incident Name: 23andMe October 2023 Credential Stuffing Attack Date of Incident: October 2nd, 2023 Summary: 23andMe is a biotechnology company based in California. They provide genetic testing to customers, offering details on their ancestors and genetic health data. On October... Read More
Brent Baker is the Executive Vice President of Information Technology at Rosen’s Diversified (RDI), a conglomerate of businesses in the Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Life Sciences industries. He spent time with us to share the value and security outcomes of partnering... Read More
NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, and HASP frameworks In today’s digital world, the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats poses significant challenges for organizations. Two major concerns are social engineering and credential stuffing, the attack vectors responsible for most breaches. Organizations rely... Read More
Social engineering attacks are one of the most commonly used methods for cyber criminals to gain access to sensitive data and information. Recent advances in generative AI have enabled threat actors to utilize AI-generated content to fuel these attacks, making... Read More
Download PDF Incident Name: Henry Ford Health Data Breach Date of Public Report: July 18th, 2023 Date of Incident: March 3rd, 2023 Summary: Henry Ford Health is a Detroit based not-for-profit healthcare provider. On July 18, 2023, the company informed customers that it... Read More
Cybercriminals are always looking for ways to exploit the exposed personal data of high-value targets to breach companies. High-value targets (HVTs) are those individuals within an organization who have access to sensitive information or assets and have the potential to... Read More
The importance of understanding and managing the human element in your organization’s security strategy cannot be overstated as the stakes rise in the cybersecurity landscape. This whitepaper explores and exposes the intersection of threat intelligence, attack surface management, and human vulnerabilities... Read More
The spotlight in the fight against cybercrime continues to be an often overlooked yet pivotal factor – the human element. A profound understanding of this dimension is vital for safeguarding digital ecosystems, and the recently published 2023 Verizon Data Breach... Read More
We all know that the cybersecurity vendor landscape is extensive and looks complex. Although there is a gap in cybersecurity talent worldwide, there’s certainly no lack of products in the marketplace that provide defenders with threat visibility and security controls.... Read More
Human vulnerabilities create risks to infrastructure and data, which impacts operational, legal, financial, and reputational risks. Picnic prioritizes the vulnerabilities by mapping them to external threat intelligence and target intelligence. We then mitigate these risks with automatic protection and response... Read More
As specialists in human attack surface protection, we at VanishID know all too well the importance of preventing the exploitation of exposed personally identifiable information (PII) by cyber criminals. While we handle this problem for enterprises, individuals need resources to... Read More
Social engineers collect intelligence on human targets to develop paths for attack and compromise. Picnic’s platform emulates this external, human attack surface reconnaissance to expose Target Intelligence about an organization. Picnic pairs this unique perspective of threat actors with automated... Read More
The exploitation of human attack surface data and a crucial intelligence gap According to Verizon’s 2022 DBIR report, stolen passwords and phishing were the top two techniques used by threat actors last year, accounting for around 70% of all analyzed breaches.... Read More
