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Breach Simulation & Blast
Radius Mapping

Understand exactly how phishing affects Copilot-enabled accounts through actionable insights, not just a list of files.

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The Scenario

scenario-img-leftYour CFO’s account was phished at 08:12.
By 08:15, the attacker runs one Copilot prompt:
“Give me a quick view of M&A targets we discussed last week and their 2025 revenue projections.”

Copilot replies with a polished summary from finance decks, legal chat threads, and board minutes. Information that never lived in the same folder. Traditional red-team reports list “files accessible,” but executives care about what sensitive insight actually leaves the building.

How It Works: Outcome-Driven Steps

Clone the Target

Knostic creates a safe sandbox clone of any real user (C-suite, VP, contractor) without touching production.

Launch Attacker Prompts

A library of executive-style “attacker” questions probes for strategy, HR comp, M&A, IP, and PHI.

Map the Blast Radius

The platform stitches every snippet back to its sources and displays a heatmap of departments, data classes, and sensitivity levels exposed.

Quantify Impact

Risks ranked by sensitivity, access scope, and user context, so security teams can prioritize fixes that produce the most impact.

Mitigate & Re-Test

One-click fixes tighten labels or permissions; then easily rescan to prove the radius has shrunk.

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Key Benefits for Executives & Risk Teams

Executive-Level Clarity

A single view shows what insights are left, who they harm, and the cost if leaked.

Beyond File Lists

Captures inferred knowledge that the LLM search assistant assembled from many “safe” fragments.

Faster Decision Cycles

Remediation playbooks prioritize the top 20 % of gaps causing 80 % of risk.

No Production Disruption

Sandbox clones mean zero impact on live users or workflows.

How This Use Case Leverages Knostic’s Core Capabilities

icon-private-storageTogether, these capabilities move you from “we found a problem” to “we fixed it and can prove it.”
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Red Team Defense

Provides the attacker-style prompt library and persona sandbox that drive the simulation. Documents all exposures and the prompts that surfaced them.

Real-Time Knowledge Controls

Verifies that applied fixes reshape GenAI replies and shrink the blast radius.

Remediation Playbooks

Converts heat-map findings into step-by-step tasks ranked by risk, owner, and effort.

Policy & Label Optimization

Auto-suggests the precise Purview labels and DLP rules needed to eliminate the leaks uncovered.

Ready to see your blast radius? We’ll deliver
your first heatmap and remediation plan within
24 hours.

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