You've completed the Executive Impersonation & AI Phishing Defense module. You now understand how AI-generated attacks target executives, and you have the protocol to stop them.
AI reduces impersonation cost to near zero. Attackers clone writing style from public emails, spoof phone numbers, and generate personalized phishing at scale — no technical skill required.
Domain anomalies and writing style mismatches are your top signals. Before checking urgency, check the sender's domain and whether the phrasing matches how the person actually writes.
Never verify using the channel that delivered the threat. If an email requests a wire, don't verify by hitting Reply. Call the executive's known number from your CRM.
Passkeys eliminate the credential-harvesting attack surface. Board-level mandate for passkey adoption is the highest-leverage control you can implement this quarter.