GhostTrace LLC — Security Awareness Training for Small Businesses

GhostTrace LLC is a Georgia-based security awareness training and cybersecurity practice (Control No. 26142915), run by founder Daniel Upperman. We run live security awareness training that keeps small businesses insured and compliant.

Who is GhostTrace LLC?

GhostTrace LLC is owned and founded by Daniel Upperman. The company is registered in Georgia, USA with Georgia Control Number 26142915. Founded in 2026, GhostTrace's primary service is live security awareness training for small businesses, producing the documented completion records cyber insurers and regulators require. GhostTrace also provides incident documentation support, exposure monitoring, business and domain due diligence, impersonation takedown packaging, and digital safety reviews. Ethics complaints are reviewed directly by the founder under our published Ethics Complaint process. This is not a law enforcement agency. We do not conduct unauthorized hacking, surveillance, or data theft. We use only legal, public-source research methods, and we do not research individuals.

Founder Details

Founder & Owner: Daniel Upperman | Email: Founder@ghosttrace.net | Company: GhostTrace LLC | Location: Georgia, USA | Registration: Control No. 26142915

GhostTrace isn't a private investigator, a law firm, or law enforcement, and doesn't locate, profile, or run background checks on people.

Who runs this

Founder and Owner: Daniel Upperman

Email: Founder@ghosttrace.net

Daniel Upperman founded GhostTrace LLC in 2026 to help people affected by online fraud, impersonation, and digital abuse document what happened and figure out what to do next. GhostTrace is one person; every request is handled directly by Daniel.

Ethics & Compliance

Ethics complaints come straight to the founder: complaint reviews, policy compliance, and research standards. File a concern via our Ethics Complaint form.

Business registration

GhostTrace LLC is a registered Georgia limited liability company (Control No. 26142915, status Active), formed June 25, 2026. Full registration and registered-agent details are on the Legal page.

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Overview
article·Cybersecurity

Credential Stuffing: The Quiet Epidemic

It doesn't make headlines like a data breach, but credential stuffing is one of the most consistently effective attack methods precisely because it requires no new vulnerability at all.

Jul 12, 2026 · GhostTrace Team
article·Security Awareness

The Human Firewall: Why Security Awareness Training Matters

Technical controls stop a lot of attacks. The ones that get through are usually addressed to a person, not a system — which makes people the actual last line of defense.

Jul 12, 2026 · GhostTrace Team
article·Identity Protection

Account Takeover 101: How Identity Theft Starts Online

Most account takeovers don't start with a sophisticated hack. They start with a password reused somewhere else, years ago, in a breach the victim never heard about.

Jul 12, 2026 · GhostTrace Team
article·Cloud Security

Shared Responsibility: What Cloud Security Actually Covers

Moving to the cloud doesn't outsource security — it splits it. Most cloud breaches happen on the customer's side of that split.

Jul 12, 2026 · GhostTrace Team
article·Incident Response

Building an Incident Response Plan That Actually Works

Most incident response plans fail for the same reason: they were written once, filed away, and never tested against a scenario that resembles what actually happens.

Jul 12, 2026 · GhostTrace Team
article·Privacy

Data Minimization: The Privacy Principle Most Companies Ignore

The most effective privacy control isn't a better lock on the data you store — it's not storing data you don't need in the first place.

Jul 12, 2026 · GhostTrace Team
article·Business Security

Why Small Businesses Are Prime Ransomware Targets

Attackers don't need a spectacular exploit when a business has no backup strategy, no incident plan, and no one whose job it is to notice.

Jul 12, 2026 · GhostTrace Team
article·Digital Forensics

The Digital Forensics Process: From Preservation to Report

What actually happens between 'something went wrong' and a report someone can act on — and why the order of operations matters as much as the findings.

Jul 12, 2026 · GhostTrace Team
article·Threat Intelligence

Understanding the MITRE ATT&CK Framework

A plain-language walkthrough of the industry's standard vocabulary for describing how attackers actually operate, from initial access to exfiltration.

Jul 12, 2026 · GhostTrace Team
article·OSINT

How Threat Actors Use OSINT Against Their Targets

The same open-source research techniques defenders use for lawful investigation are also the first step in most social engineering and account-takeover attacks.

Jul 12, 2026 · GhostTrace Team