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We are all aware of various types of attackers who are professional and have the technical expertise to exploit data. They aim at infiltrating protected computer systems and compromising users’ sensitive data. These attackers tend to stay a level ahead of the advanced technologies used to bolster network defenses. However, to deploy malicious attacks, these attackers use a major weapon called social engineering. In this blog, we will go through various types of social engineering attacks and how they are carried out.

With rapidly evolving technology, employees at their workplaces have become more and more dependent on modern technological supplements and platforms. Just to make their work easier and more efficient. However, an increase in technological exposure has compromised workplace security and made employees more liable to impending cyber attacks.

Hacking, human errors, and glitches in the network’s security may lead to the loss of the company’s financial assets and can cause harm to its reputation. All this calls for a revision of the workplace security policy that should be maintained and followed by company officials to improve cybersecurity infrastructure.

It was found in many of the surveys that most of the cyber-attacks are successful because of the negligence on the part of employees. This fact is extremely concerning in nature since data and information are an organization’s most important resources. The custodian of this data is its employees. In case, employees within the organization are vulnerable to such threats, the possibility of cyber attacks on an organization increases manifolds.

In today’s increasingly interconnected environment, the cyber security landscape in the US is becoming more and more concerning every day. Cyber risks have long overtaken all the other kinds of threats to become one of the biggest threats to the economy of the US. For over a decade, vulnerability mitigation has been the primary cornerstone of the country’s approach to cyber security.

Over the last few years, the education sector has become a new favorite target among cybercriminals. Numerous academic institutions have suffered from various kinds of cyber attacks in recent times, from turbulent ransomware attacks to covert data breaches. It has raised concerns leading to the incorporation of cybersecurity in the education sector as a necessity.

A good cybersecurity culture of any organization requires the utmost care and supervision. While security administrators are assigned to manage the entire IT landscape of the organization, they often oversee the secured processes that safeguard the everyday operations of an organization. Above all, the most difficult task to administer is the unpredictable nature of the “end-user”.

As per an article by The Hindu, 50,035 cases of cybercrime were reported in 2020, 11.8% more than in 2019 while 60.2% of cybercrimes were of fraud. Every organization or institution has some sort of information or data that needs to be protected.