Investigating the awareness of social engineering on current and future employees
Information security can be divided into two main approaches - technological approach and human based security. In this paper we discuss and experiment the effect of social engineering which targets the human element of security to obtain access into a target company or system. Social engineering is...
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| author | Madzikanda, Felex Musiiwa, Talent Giyane, Maxmillan Mutembedza, Amanda Mamboko, Patrick Rebanowako, George T. |
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| description | Information security can be divided into two main approaches - technological approach and human based security. In this paper we discuss and experiment the effect of social engineering which targets the human element of security to obtain access into a target company or system. Social engineering is continually on the rise as technical security measures are getting more and more complex and harder to break. Psychological
vulnerabilities in human behavior allow a skillful social engineer to achieve his/her goals with great ease. In this paper, we investigate the awareness of current and future employees through two experiments. It has been noted that the majority of respondents are not aware of social engineering and can easily provide sufficient information for an attacker to gain access into a system. Several security measures have been highlighted that prevent or minimize social engineering. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-17492022-06-27T13:49:06Z Investigating the awareness of social engineering on current and future employees Madzikanda, Felex Musiiwa, Talent Giyane, Maxmillan Mutembedza, Amanda Mamboko, Patrick Rebanowako, George T. Security, Social Engineering, Psychology, Vulnerability Information security can be divided into two main approaches - technological approach and human based security. In this paper we discuss and experiment the effect of social engineering which targets the human element of security to obtain access into a target company or system. Social engineering is continually on the rise as technical security measures are getting more and more complex and harder to break. Psychological vulnerabilities in human behavior allow a skillful social engineer to achieve his/her goals with great ease. In this paper, we investigate the awareness of current and future employees through two experiments. It has been noted that the majority of respondents are not aware of social engineering and can easily provide sufficient information for an attacker to gain access into a system. Several security measures have been highlighted that prevent or minimize social engineering. 2016-08-10T11:21:39Z 2016-08-10T11:21:39Z 2013-09 Article 2320 – 5083 https://www.researchgate.net/.../292152453 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1749 en Journal of International Academic Research for Multidisciplinary;Vol. 1, No. 8; p. 466-475 open A Global Society for Multidisciplinary Research |
| spellingShingle | Security, Social Engineering, Psychology, Vulnerability Madzikanda, Felex Musiiwa, Talent Giyane, Maxmillan Mutembedza, Amanda Mamboko, Patrick Rebanowako, George T. Investigating the awareness of social engineering on current and future employees |
| title | Investigating the awareness of social engineering on current and future employees |
| title_full | Investigating the awareness of social engineering on current and future employees |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the awareness of social engineering on current and future employees |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the awareness of social engineering on current and future employees |
| title_short | Investigating the awareness of social engineering on current and future employees |
| title_sort | investigating the awareness of social engineering on current and future employees |
| topic | Security, Social Engineering, Psychology, Vulnerability |
| url | https://www.researchgate.net/.../292152453 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1749 |
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