Defending against social engineering attacks (patching layer 8)

"Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption, and secure access devices, and it's money wasted because none of these measures address the weakest link in the security chain: the people who use, administer, operate and account for computer systems that contain protected information."

– Kevin Mitnick

Let's learn how to effectively protect your company against these threats.

Creating your training strategy

As you know, patching is one of the most important strategies in defensive security, and this strategy can also be applied to people through education and training. Therefore, you MUST invest time and other resources to make sure you have a strong training strategy.

Let's take a look at the key points that you need to consider when creating your own training strategy:

1. Personalize it based on your company culture, your threat landscape, and the type...