With our dedication to provide outstanding service to our clients at enkompas, we are always researching and reviewing products/platforms that increase efficiency and security to your business. We are excited to announce a new, dark web monitoring service for our clients called: Dark Web ID.
We’ll explain why you may be interested in this service for your business, but first, let’s briefly describe the dark web.
What’s the Dark Web?
Also known as “darknet websites,” the dark web is part of the deep web that cannot be accessed by standard web browsers. The dark web uses the Internet but encryption keeps users without special software and authorizations from accessing it. Using networks created specifically for the dark web, user pathways and entry points are encrypted and allow searches, web activity, identities, and locations to be anonymous. The layers of encryption involved mean that all interactions on the dark web are confidential, which makes these darknet websites fertile, digital grounds for criminal (e.g., black markets) and other unsavory behaviors (e.g., hoaxes and disinformation).
Why Dark Web Monitoring?
Behaviors like buying and selling in black markets and spreading hoaxes may not immediately set off your alarm bells – at least not in relation to your business security. But those are merely two of the nefarious actions that take place on the dark web. In addition, the dark web is home to ransomware activities, financial fraud, and hacking activities (as well as botnets, bitcoin, drugs, plus activities we’re reluctant to even mention, like illegal pornography and terrorism).
If you still don’t understand how the dark web is a potential concern for your business, consider these details. In recent years, 3 out of 4 businesses have been impacted by stealthy, often well-funded and highly skilled cyber-criminals – and that many of these breaches remained undetected for an extended period. That means hackers could gain access to your network and evade detection for days or even weeks. Imagine the information they could steal and publish or sell on the dark web before you even knew anything was happening.
Think about all the information in your systems: credit card numbers; email and other account passwords; and social security numbers and other confidential employee and customer information. Although it’s potentially worse for some industries such as healthcare, where Protected Health Information is at stake, having and sharing access to your sensitive data is a nightmare scenario for any business. Regular dark web scans can not only detect whether sensitive information has been compromised, but they also help to identify any potential system vulnerabilities that could be exploited by cyber criminals.
Dark Web ID Agent
Dark Web ID Agent, powered by Kasaeya, is an award-winning platform that continuously scans the dark web for any stolen or comprised data from your business. Dark Web ID ensures protection with 24/7/365 human and machine-powered monitoring of business and personal credentials, including domains, IP addresses, and email addresses. It scours botnets, criminal chat rooms, websites, bulletin boards, forums, and other private networks to identify stolen credentials and other, personally identifiable information (PII). What’s more, Dark Web ID focuses on cyberthreats which our specific to clients’ environments. Over 500 distinct internet relay chatroom (IRC) channels, 600K private websites, 600 Twitter feeds are monitored, and more than 10,000 refined queries are executed daily.
Basically, we go into the dark web so you don’t have to.
To learn more about this exciting offer, please contact our Relationship Management Team!
