Navigating Wealth Marine to Cyber CEO: Tracking Criminals & HNW Security ft. Jason Passwaters | Navigating Wealth
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Jan 7, 2026 Jason Passwaters, co-founder and CEO of Intel 471, shares insights from his extensive background in cyber threat intelligence and the U.S. Marine Corps. He discusses personal cybersecurity tips for high-net-worth individuals and reveals how opportunistic financial cybercrime targets the wealthy. Passwaters explains the professionalization of ransomware operations, drawing parallels to SaaS businesses, and the complexities of the underground crime marketplace. He highlights the role of AI in transforming cyber attacks, raising concerns about future threats.
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Harden Your Personal Account Hygiene
- Manage your digital footprint and practice basic hygiene like unique passwords and a password manager.
- Use two-factor authentication and consider cyber insurance if you're high-profile or have large liabilities.
Most Cybercrime Is Opportunistic
- Financially motivated cybercrime is overwhelmingly opportunistic, not bespoke targeting.
- Bad actors scan for easy targets and will bypass well-hardened individuals for softer victims.
Add Friction To High-Value Money Movement
- Create friction around moving large sums by hardening brokerage and custodial accounts.
- Make money movement slower or manual so compromise yields less immediate loss.