Deepfake video attacks are targeting San Diego businesses with AI-generated CEO videos requesting wire transfers. Learn 7 defenses against video deepfake fraud before it's too late.

The Video Call Requesting Money—That Wasn’t Real

A finance manager at a multinational company joins what appears to be a routine video conference. On screen: the CFO and several other executives. They need urgent approval for a $25 million transfer. The faces are familiar. The voices match. The urgency seems reasonable.

The transfer is approved. Days later, the company discovers the truth: every person on that video call was an AI-generated deepfake. The $25 million is gone.

This isn’t a hypothetical scenario. It happened in 2024. And according to Keepnet Labs research, more than 10 percent of companies have now experienced attempted or successful deepfake fraud, with losses from successful attacks reaching as high as 10 percent of annual profits.

For healthcare organizations, life sciences companies, and nonprofits operating on tight margins, you’re not immune. You’re actually more vulnerable.

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Insider Threats: The Security Risk Living Inside Your Organization

You’ve secured the perimeter. You’ve hardened your network. You’ve implemented sophisticated threat detection. You’re protected. 

But what about the threats already inside your organization? 

Insider threats represent one of the most damaging and least understood cybersecurity risks. They’re not always malicious. They can be negligent employees, disgruntled team members, or sophisticated bad actors embedded within your organization. 

The financial impact is staggering: insider threats cost organizations an average of 15.38 million per incident—more than twice the cost of external breaches. 

And the worst part? Most organizations have minimal detection and prevention capabilities. 

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Supply Chain Security: Your Weakest Link Is Killing You

You’ve invested heavily in your own security. You have firewalls, endpoint protection, and a strong incident response team. You’re protected. 

Then a vendor you work with gets breached, and your organization becomes the next victim. 

Supply chain attacks have become the preferred method for sophisticated threat actors. Why? Because it’s easier to compromise a smaller vendor than attack a hardened enterprise directly. Vendors become the backdoor into your organization, and by the time you discover the compromise, the damage is already done. 

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Beyond Backups: Building a Ransomware Recovery Plan That Actually Works

Ransomware attacks have evolved. They’re no longer just about encryption and extortion. Modern ransomware campaigns combine encryption, data exfiltration, and multi-stage attacks designed to maximize pressure and financial extraction. 

And yet, most organizations have no documented recovery plan specific to ransomware scenarios. 

The assumption is simple: “If we have backups, we can recover.” The reality is far more complex—and far more dangerous. 


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Cyber Insurance: The Hidden Exclusions You’re Missing

You have cyber insurance. You’re protected, right? 

Not necessarily. 

Many business leaders make a critical assumption: cyber insurance will cover the costs of a breach. In reality, cyber insurance policies are filled with exclusions, conditions, and requirements that can leave you exposed precisely when you need protection most. 

The worst time to discover gaps in your coverage is after a breach occurs. By then, it’s too late. 

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Incident Response: What Separates a $50K Recovery from a $5M Disaster

When the alarm sounds, every minute counts. The difference between managing a breach and experiencing catastrophic operational collapse comes down to one thing: a tested, documented incident response plan.

Most leaders underestimate this critical gap. They have security tools in place, but when an actual attack occurs, the response is chaotic, costly, and often extends the damage exponentially. A company without a practiced incident response plan can face days of downtime, millions in recovery costs, and permanent reputational damage.

Here’s the reality: The average incident response time for unprepared organizations is 287 days. For organizations with a documented, tested plan? 24 days. That’s a tenfold difference in exposure, damage scope, and financial impact.

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Can Your Leadership Team Answer These 3 Questions? Most Can’t.

The moment a breach hits, it’s too late. The time to answer the toughest questions about your company’s security is before the inevitable, expensive, and public fallout.

Cybersecurity is no longer just an IT issue; it’s a fundamental leadership responsibility that demands proactive clarity and quantifiable data.

This is the ultimate litmus test for your organization’s preparedness. If you cannot confidently and precisely answer these three strategic, business-focused questions, your business is operating with an unacceptable and unmeasured level of risk.


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The Difference Between a Security Checklist and a Resilient Business

Look around your organization. Do you have a firewall? Antivirus software? Multi-factor authentication? If the answer is “Yes,” you have a security checklist. You have acquired “things.”

If you can confidently state how quickly your business could resume operations after a crippling ransomware attack, how integrated your defense systems are, and that your security strategy aligns perfectly with your business continuity plan, then you have a resilient business.

The gap between the checklist and resilience is where most businesses fail—and where true leaders must focus their attention.

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Your Brand Reputation is Your Most Valuable Asset. Are You Protecting It?

In the digital economy, your brand reputation is more fragile and more valuable than ever. It represents the collective trust of your customers, investors, and partners. While this asset is built over years of quality service and ethical practices, it can be irrevocably damaged in a single news cycle following a data breach.

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“Are We Secure?” – How to Answer the Board’s Toughest Question with Confidence

Every leader dreads this question from the board or a major investor. It’s concise, high-stakes, and seemingly requires a simple “Yes” or “No.”
 
The truth is, both answers are insufficient—and potentially dangerous. A simple “Yes” is an open invitation to litigation if a breach occurs, and a nervous “No” causes panic without offering a solution.

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