Recent Events That Matter
Here is a continuously updated collection of news stories that illustrate the kinds of disruptions Evergreen Way Planning helps clients anticipate, navigate, and withstand.
These examples range from cyberattacks and infrastructure breakdowns to supply chain failures and localized grid outages — events that may appear isolated but reveal deeper systemic fragilities worth preparing for.
July 10, 2025:
Everyone Needs a Travel Security Program
A growing number of cyberattacks, physical threats, and geopolitical disruptions are targeting executives and travelers in motion. Personal travel security programs are becoming essential—not just for big companies and their executives, but for anyone with assets, influence, or digital exposure.
(Why it matters: $1M–$10M families often travel without any real security strategy. EWP alerts you to develop a travel security plan for what could go wrong—so your trips don’t become trigger points.)
July 3, 2025:
Privacy Is No Longer Optional—Even for $1M–$10M Families
A recent Times article explains how the wealthy are retreating into gated enclaves, anonymity trusts, & wealth structures to shield themselves from social tensions, theft, digital impersonation, & even kidnapping attempts. You don’t need to be a billionaire to become a target—just wealthy enough to be Googleable.
(Why it matters: Visibility without protection is a liability. EWP helps $1M–$10M families identify weak points in their digital, legal, and lifestyle footprint—before someone else does.)
June 24, 2025:
Your Digital Footprint Is a Threat Vector—Do You Know Yours?
The recent shootings of a politician & his wife in Minnesota reignites debate over online privacy & personal data exposure. Your digital footprint & social media exposures can be used to create real-time digital “deepfakes” (or AI avatars) of you in real life, as well as put your life in danger.
(Why it matters: Most people never audit what the internet says about them until it’s too late.
Understanding your digital footprint is now a basic part of your personal risk management.)
June 17, 2025:
BlackRock Study: Family Offices are in Risk-Management Mode, Focused on Increasing Diversification and Idiosyncratic Sources of Return
84% of family offices cited geopolitical fragmentation as their top concern, with nearly two-thirds planning major changes to asset allocation and risk strategy.
(Why it matters: What keeps $100M+ families up at night—geopolitical shocks, illiquid assets, blind risk—hits $1M–$10M families too. EWP turns BlackRock-level insight into household-level strategy—before it’s too late.)
June 11, 2025:
Grocery wholesaler shuts down systems after cyberattack, impacting Whole Foods
In June 2025, a cyberattack forced UNFI — one of the largest food distributors in the U.S. — to shut down its systems, delaying shipments to Whole Foods and other major grocers.
(Why it matters: This disruption came from a single company being hit — and still affected food delivery across a major grocery chain. A larger or more coordinated attack could create cascading shortages where you live, not just on the news.)