Introduction

Highwick Associates helps identify, prevent and mitigate potential and actual online threats to the Reputation, Privacy and Brand Value of Corporations, Business Owners, Professionals, Executives, High-Profile and High-Net-Worth persons and their families.

Real-time monitoring and proprietary tactics

We employ a variety of robust real-time monitoring tools and proprietary preemptive tactics to tackle and prevent malicious posters, impostors, Internet smear campaigns, cyber-stalkers,  privacy breaches, con artists, fakes, frauds, IP theft, hackers and cybercriminals.

What our clients get

Clients are provided with individualized, detailed guidance, strategies and investigative / tactical resources for the prevention of reputational and economic damage, compromises of privacy and to secure and manage Intellectual Property and digital assets. We also ensure that the client’s Google footprint is checked carefully and frequently for problems, negative entries and breaches of private information.

The latest digital tools combined with classic techniques

We employ classic techniques of deduction, observation and investigation, combined with a plethora of digital tools and OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) techniques to navigate and penetrate the digital/cyber world of social and business networks, blogs, social media, search engines and both the real-time and archival web.

The all-important human factor

Great emphasis is placed on assessing and understanding the human factors that lie behind threats to reputation and brand. The “why” and “who” not just the “how” or the “what.” More often than not the source of the problem is a person, not a computer or algorithm.

How most cases start

Though there are few stereotypical cases, most start with: “I (we) seem to have a problem. Can you help? ” coupled with a need for confidentiality and fast action.

Case studies

We shall shortly be posting a selection of representative case-studies.

 

Services and capabilities

Online Reputation Protection Services

• Pro-active and preemptive online reputation planning
• Online impersonation, account and name hijacking
• Online smear and cyber-stalking campaigns
• Negative comments, libel, defamation and harassment on social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn etc.)
• Negative comments, libel, defamation and harassment on blogs, forums and websites
• Negative or malicious reviews on business rating and complaint sites (Ripoff Report etc.)
• False or defamatory postings on consumer and professional service review websites
• Removal of data from Google and other search engines

Online and Personal Privacy Services

• Professional and personal online threat risk analysis and mitigation
• Online privacy auditing (how much are you leaking out)
• Passwords and authentication evaluation, secure password schemes, password audits
• All matters related to fake or fraudulent profiles and persons on social and business networks
• Removal and opt-out from databases, people search sites and social networks

Brand Protection Services

• Intellectual Property theft, misuse and protection (DMCA issues and takedowns)
• Domain name issues, copyright, cybersquatting etc.
• Identification and verification of ownership of websites, companies, domain names, email addresses and usernames
• Preemptive registrations

Cybercrime and Security Services

• Responding to threats, extortion and harassment by email, internet or other electronic means
• Tracing and identifying the posters of messages, senders of email and creators of websites
• Internet, e-commerce, computer fraud and cybercrime
• Data breaches, theft and misuse of data
• Malware, Spyware, Trojans, keyloggers, phishing and Windows security
• Website defacement, hacking and penetrations

Research and Competitive Intelligence Services

• Deep web research
• Internet monitoring and tracking
• OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) research
• Social Network relationship and Social Graph mapping
• Electronic document verification
• Email and website/network access tracing

Electronic Evidence and Legal Services

• E-discovery and electronic evidence preservation
• Custodian interviewing
• Reports and documentation for complaints, lawsuits and discovery
• Information and updates on developments and changes in Internet Law

If you have an immediate or future need, or any questions please get in touch.