Case Study: Leading Healthcare Organization reduces VIP exposure risk with Digital Shadows SearchLight

Social Media Oversharing by Healthcare Executive Puts Firm at Risk

Leading Healthcare Organization worked with Digital Shadows to reduce the risk of VIP exposure after a technical executive accidentally published sensitive system, server model, and software version details in an online career biography. Using Digital Shadows SearchLight™, the organization identified that this oversharing could be leveraged for business email compromise, social engineering, credential spoofing, or even exploitation of known or zero-day vulnerabilities.

Digital Shadows delivered same-day intelligence and context on the exposure, recommended mitigation steps, and helped the healthcare firm contact the executive to remove the information before it could be abused. The customer also updated its social media sharing policies based on Digital Shadows’ guidance, reducing the chance of similar exposures in the future.