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July 9, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming internet security by enhancing […]

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Executive Security as a Strategic Priority

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12%

Which best describes your level of influence on cybersecurity, risk and/or data protection in your organization?(Required)

I make decisions about or have influence over cybersecurity strategy

I make decisions about or have influence over risk strategy

I am responsible for protecting data at my organization

I am responsible for building and/or implementing solutions that protect the PII of employees and customers

I am responsible for building and/or implementing solutions to underpin our cybersecurity strategy

I am responsible for building and/or implementing solutions to manage and mitigate risk

Other/NA

Have you or members of your family or other executives and members of their families been targets of social engineering attacks? (Select All That Apply)(Required)

I have personally been targeted

A member of my family has been targeted

Executives at my organization have been targets of AI social engineering attacks

Were any of the attacks successful?(Required)

Yes

No

Don’t know

N/A

Which best describes your organization’s efforts to protect executives and their families against AI social engineering attacks?(Required)

Has made protecting executive PII a strategic priority and has a fully executed plan in place

Has not addressed the impact of these attacks

Has taken rudimentary steps to protect executives and their families

Has developed a strategy to protect executives and has begun to execute it

Has discussed the potential impact of such attacks but has not executed a strategy

What challenges have prevented you from more fully securing the PII of executives and their families?(Required)

Ease of use

Poor visibility into what should be protected

Lack of executive/board support

Potential disruption to business operations

Integration into existing security strategies

Tech spend is too high

Which of the following do you think are true about the level of threat posed by AI social engineering attacks?(Required)

AI social engineering attacks raise my organization’s risk exposure

Executives have often handled the most sensitive data—often on the fly—and have access to a company’s most valuable assets from their homes and personal devices

My organization doesn’t have a firm understanding of the risk from AI social engineering attacks

AI social engineering attacks against executives and their families are on the rise, and we struggle to stay ahead of them

Protecting executives—and their families—should be a critical risk management priority

Obtaining executives’ available personal data online and that of their families can create extremely important leverage for threat actors seeking access to corporate assets

What steps has your organization taken to protect executives and their families from AI social engineering attacks? (Select All That Apply)(Required)

Block lateral movement

Protect the integrity of confidential information and communications

Invest in training

Reduce attack surface

How valuable do you think it would it be to have an easy to integrate and use tool that protects the PII of executives and their families from AI social engineering attacks?(Required)

Extremely valuable

Very valuable

Somewhat valuable

Slightly valuable

Not valuable