The First Thing They See: Mapping Your Digital Exposure Layer
The moment you’re considered a target, the adversary doesn’t start by breaking in. They start by looking you up.
Search engines. Data brokers. LinkedIn. Company filings. News mentions. A spouse’s blog. That condo listing from two years ago. It’s all part of the picture they build before ever touching your inbox or doorstep.
This is your digital exposure layer. It’s not cybersecurity. It’s not privacy settings. It’s everything a threat actor can see — passively — with no login, no credentials, and no contact.
At Edge Point Group, we simulate that first step to help clients understand one thing:
You’re already visible. What matters is how clearly — and to whom.
What Is Exposure Mapping?
Exposure mapping is the process of using OSINT — open-source intelligence — to reconstruct the public-facing footprint of a person, company, or brand. This includes:
Full name variants and aliases
Employment and board history
Domains owned or linked
Physical property records
Family and associate metadata
Geotagged photos, old forum posts, app reviews, and travel logs
Adversaries use this to build intent-based targeting. Investigators use it to profile. And we use it to show you what’s already out there before someone else does.
Who’s Most At Risk?
Executives with past press, conference appearances, or open LinkedIn profiles
Founders of stealth or funded companies who forgot to lock down early assets
General Counsel and security leads who didn’t realize their email was public
HNW families whose children or assistants unknowingly broadcast real-world patterns
If you’ve ever made a media appearance, bought real estate, or changed jobs, parts of your exposure layer are live — whether you control them or not.
What the Exposure Layer Reveals
Personal and professional patterns
Places you frequent or own
Timing of past moves, travel, or announcements
Who surrounds you — and how visible they are
A skilled adversary doesn’t just see a name. They see:
The executive who appears in quarterly filings but doesn’t post on social. His spouse does. The founder who uses initials on their company bio, but forgot to hide domain registration history. The child with a TikTok account that shows their neighborhood park daily at 4:00pm.
Why It Matters
Targeting starts before breach. Before phishing. Before spoofed emails. Before mail intercepts or tailing cars.
Exposure mapping is Phase 0 of threat action. And it’s the most overlooked by clients — because it’s invisible until it isn’t.
What You Can Do
Run your name, company, and domain through multiple search engines — not just Google.
Audit domain WHOIS records — see what’s publicly attached to your email or name.
Map your digital surface the way someone else would. You’re not looking for red flags. You’re looking for predictable patterns.
Get an OSINT scan. Not a cybersecurity audit — a digital exposure brief.
This is what we do for our clients. Quietly. Legally. With no intrusion.
We simulate the threat actor’s view so you can see it first.
Need a discreet read on your visibility? Contact Edge Point Group for a redacted snapshot — no links, no pressure. Just a signal check from the outside in.