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A Proactive Defence to Social Engineering
- Abstract
- Companies spend a lot of time and money trying to protect their networks. Most of their attention focuses on technology such as upgrades, security kits and high-end encryption. However, a popular means of gaining access bypasses the technical systems completely and is based on the long-time con or confidence game with a new name and new face - social engineering. A company needs good policies in place to defend against this type of attack, but even more, they need an effective, on-going security awareness program. The best means of defense, in this case, is education.