Security News > 2022 > May > [White Paper] Social Engineering: What You Need to Know to Stay Resilient

By preying on human emotion, social engineering scams inflict billions of dollars of damage with minimal planning or expertise.

Recent research reveals that social engineering is leveraged in 98% of attacks.

Resources developed by experts, like this new white paper - "Social Engineering: What You Need to Know to Stay Resilient" - identify the most common tactics, track how these types of attacks are evolving, and provide tips to protect organizations and their end-users.

These insights not only inform security practitioners of the latest tactics and emerging threats, but help employees understand that safeguarding data is not just a "Security team problem." Instead, every teammate is vulnerable to social engineering schemes, and every teammate must play their part to safeguard sensitive data.

Valuable information can be found in employees' social media accounts, forums that they're registered to, and more.

To learn more about social engineering and measures you can take to keep your organization, download "Social Engineering: What You Need to Know to Stay Resilient" here.

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