What digital risk protection covers

  • Brand protection. Lookalike domains, fake websites, fraudulent social media accounts and counterfeit apps using your name or logo.
  • Data leakage. Leaked credentials, customer data or internal documents appearing on paste sites, code repositories, leak sites or criminal forums.
  • Executive and employee protection. Impersonation of senior staff and exposure of their personal information.
  • Threat intelligence. Mentions of the organisation in criminal marketplaces, Telegram channels or ransomware leak sites.
  • Takedowns. Getting malicious content removed through registrars, hosts and platforms.

DRPS vs EASM

EASM focuses on infrastructure the organisation owns or is responsible for. DRPS focuses on threats that sit outside that infrastructure, on sites and services the organisation does not control. A lookalike phishing domain is a DRPS finding. An unpatched server on your own subdomain is an EASM finding. Attackers combine both, so many teams now want one view covering each.

Example

Monitoring detects examp1e-payments.com registered yesterday with a mail server configured and a login page copied from the real customer portal. The domain is added to email blocklists, customers are warned, and a takedown request with evidence is sent to the registrar and host.

How DarkInvader helps

DarkInvader combines EASM with digital risk protection in one platform: Brand Monitoring, Dark Web Monitoring, Leaked Credentials, VIP Monitoring and Website Takedowns, backed by a research team who validate findings.

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Frequently asked questions

What does DRPS stand for?

Digital risk protection services. It describes products and managed services that monitor external sources for threats to a brand, its people and its data, and help remove them.

Is digital risk protection the same as threat intelligence?

They overlap. Threat intelligence is broad information about threats and attackers. Digital risk protection is more targeted: it looks for threats aimed at your specific organisation and usually includes taking action, such as takedowns.

Do small organisations need digital risk protection?

Any organisation with customers who could be phished, or staff whose credentials could leak, has digital risk. Smaller organisations often start with leaked credential monitoring and lookalike domain alerts, which address the most common attacks.

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