tailieunhanh - Hampering the Human Hacker and the Threat of Social Engineering

Smashwords Edition, License Notes Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. | Hampering the Human Hacker and the Threat of Social Engineering Using automation to protect your customers and your business Voxeo Corporation Smashwords Edition Copyright 2012 Voxeo Corporation Smashwords Edition License Notes Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes provided the book remains in its complete original form. Table of Contents Social Engineering - What is it Social Engineering Tactics and Tools - Using Deception to Break In Preventing Social Engineering Attacks - The Best Breach is No Breach at All About Voxeo Introduction 2011 was a banner year for security breaches that resulted in compromised customer records. According to the 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report issued by the Verizon RISK Team there were 174 million compromised records in 2011 an increase of more than 4 000 percent from 2010. Thirty-seven percent or more than 55 million of those compromised records were accessed using social engineering tactics - the highest amount and percentage of total records in the history of the Data Breach Investigations Report. And as the report also details 97 percent of those attacks were avoidable. Victims were chosen simply because it was easy to break in. Clearly companies of all sizes need to understand the deceptive practices that social engineers use and how to protect themselves and their customers from attacks. In the following pages we ll take a look at What social engineering is How it is used to gain access to corporate information and customer data Some ways to use training and automation - applications and services - to prevent attacks by social engineers Social engineering attacks are not only among the most prevalent but are often the most damaging. Companies can however begin the process of stopping social engineering attacks in their tracks by understanding how social engineering tactics work and training .