Security Threats Don't Stop at the Office: Why Executives' Families Need Training, Too
Those closest to executives must match their security postures because the weakest link in a family can become the entry point for attacks.
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An attacker attempts to breach an executive's personal laptop, but effective multifactor authentication (MFA) blocks them. Actually, it was only a deterrent. The attacker then discovers that the executive's son did not enable MFA on his gaming console and uses that compromised box to move laterally on the home network to eventually reach the corporate network.
Cybercriminals' increasingly brazen techniques have expanded beyond office walls to target top executives' family members and friends who may not know how to protect themselves. Worse, these people don't even know that the attackers are…
