Practical guides, research findings, and direct opinions from the BRANDEFENSE team — written for security professionals, not for press releases.
The numbers are no longer surprising — they're alarming. Here's what drove the surge and what it means for brand security programs going into 2026.
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Most brand monitoring tools don't go deep enough. Dark web coverage is where the signal-to-noise ratio flips — and where early warnings actually live.
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Not all takedown automation is built the same. We break down what drives high success rates across platforms and why documentation quality matters more than speed.
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Detection after a phishing campaign goes live is too late. These five methods give you visibility into the setup phase — before credentials start flowing.
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Brand risk has always been described in qualitative terms. Here's how we built a scoring model that gives it a number — and why that number actually predicts outcomes.
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From profile photos to posting cadence, fraudsters follow a playbook. Understanding it is the first step to disrupting it before customers get hurt.
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Data protection regulations and brand protection enforcement share more operational overlap than most teams realize. Here's how to make that work in your favor.
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When credentials surface in a dump, the immediate concern is account takeover. The longer-term damage — to customer trust and brand reputation — is the one fewer teams prepare for.
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The analyst categories keep multiplying. DRP, DRPS, EASM, CTIA — here's what each actually means, what overlaps, and how to evaluate vendors without getting lost in acronyms.
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Most security programs add brand protection as an afterthought. Here's what a purpose-built brand security program looks like — from scope definition to tooling to metrics that matter.
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