Good executive protection reduces liability risks and protects organizational reputation. As the public face of their companies, an incident involving an executive can undermine confidence among investors, customers and employees alike.

Security intelligence professionals are confronted daily with concerning material: threats, hostile rhetoric, violent ideation. These signals emerge from numerous sources, across a wide variety of platforms including social media, forums, messaging apps, obscure websites.

An OSINT platform is indispensable for detecting threats and identifying persons of interest. But once a threat is identified, does your team know what to do next?

Tensions around the US election are high for both ends of the political spectrum. There has been an increase in polarization and militarization and many Signal customers have expressed concern.

Security teams need to be able to spot threats to executives and implement an effective response in a timely fashion. In this article, we take a look at 6 key areas that Signal OSINT is used by customers today to advance protection measures for high profile executives.