FIND THE PATHWAY
BEFORE THEY DO.
To a determined adversary, security is another problem to solve in their search for a viable pathway to reach the principal.
Recce Group finds the pathways first.
High-value principals are often surrounded by sophisticated security, yet remain surprisingly easy to target.
CURRENT ADVERSARIES.
CURRENT ATTACKS.
High-Value Principals are among the most targeted globally.
Since 2024, documented attacks against high-value principals have increased, spanning physical, digital, financial and legal domains.
12+
Distinct adversary types targeting high-value principals.
42+
Attack vectors documented since 2024
EVERY
principal tested has had viable pathways available to an adversary.
EVERY ATTACK REQUIRES PREPARATION.
PREPARATION REQUIRES INFORMATION.
MODERN LIFE CREATES
TARGETING INTELLIGENCE
Adversaries need information before they act. They gather it online, through records and data, from people, and by through surveillance.
Much of the information they need readily exists because modern life constantly creates it. Purchases create records. Travel creates itineraries. Movement creates patterns.
For high-value principals, assets, relationships, residences, staff, and routines reveal even more.
Individually, these pieces are often benign. Combined, they reveal exactly what an adversary needs to find, predict, and reach the principal—often without breaching a single system or triggering an alert.
SECURITY HAS BOUNDARIES.
ADVERSARIES DON'T.
Security is specialized by necessity. Each function sees a different part of the picture.
Much of the information about a principal exists beyond any single security function’s control.
Adversaries aren't restricted by those boundaries.
They collect across domains, combining information to find, predict, and reach the principal.
COUNTER-TARGETING
RUN THEIR TARGETING PROCESS FIRST.
FIND
PROVE
DENY
VERIFY
Find the pathways before they do.
Prove the pathways work.
Deny what makes them possible.
Verify they no longer work.
Recce Group runs the targeting process from the adversary’s perspective to determine which pathways are viable—and what makes them possible.
THE RESULT:
A PRINCIPAL WHO IS HARDER TO FIND, PREDICT AND REACH.
A PRINCIPAL WHO IS HARDER TO TARGET.