Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Week 1 – Managing Your Digital Shadow

This ReliaQuest blog explains the concept of a "digital shadow"—the accumulation of personal data exposed online—and how threat actors leverage OSINT and social engineering to target individuals and organizations. It outlines four steps to manage exposure (assess your shadow, identify risks, take action to remove or limit data exposure, and make yourself a harder target) and emphasizes collective responsibility and practical mitigations like privacy settings, unique credentials, and monitoring breached emails.