Social engineering
Discover how Dionach protects your organization against social engineering by strengthening trust and securing vulnerabilities.
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Are Your Employees Ready for Social Engineering Threats?
Social engineering manipulates human behavior to breach security, posing a significant risk to organisations. It targets people rather than systems, often leading to data breaches, financial losses, and operational disruption.
Your employees play a pivotal role in defending against these threats. Social engineering assessments test how well staff adhere to security policies and procedures, identifying vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement. Addressing these human factors is essential to strengthening your organisation’s cybersecurity and reducing the risk of reputational damage.
What we do
The precise scope of our industry-leading social engineering assessments can be tailored to your business, but the overall goal is to test how easily we can gain privileges and access to your systems, information and premises.
We test your susceptibility using a variety of techniques such as phishing attacks, Trojan viruses, phone phishing and attempting to gain unauthorised physical access. You will gain answers to questions such as: Would a member of staff share their password with a stranger posing as an auditor? Will employees hold the door open for someone wearing an ID badge without checking its authenticity?
The result is a comprehensive report that may make for uncomfortable reading but should provide a springboard to much-improved risk mitigation.
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Types of Social Engineering Attacks
Phishing
Phishing involves sending deceptive emails or messages that appear to be from a trusted source, aiming to trick recipients into revealing sensitive information, such as passwords or credit card numbers.
Pretexting
In pretexting, attackers create a fabricated scenario or pretext to manipulate individuals into divulging information or performing actions they wouldn’t under normal circumstances.
Baiting
Baiting involves offering something enticing, such as a free download or USB drive, infected with malware. Once the victim interacts with the bait, the attacker gains access to the victim’s system.
Quid Pro Quo
Attackers promise something in return for information or assistance. For instance, an attacker might pose as technical support and offer to fix a non-existent problem in exchange for login credentials.
Tailgating
Tailgating occurs when an attacker gains physical access to a restricted area by following an authorized person. This can happen in office settings or secured facilities.
Impersonation
Attackers impersonate authority figures, coworkers, or other trusted individuals to manipulate victims into revealing sensitive information or performing actions.
Phishing
Phishing involves sending deceptive emails or messages that appear to be from a trusted source, aiming to trick recipients into revealing sensitive information, such as passwords or credit card numbers.
Pretexting
In pretexting, attackers create a fabricated scenario or pretext to manipulate individuals into divulging information or performing actions they wouldn’t under normal circumstances.
Baiting
Baiting involves offering something enticing, such as a free download or USB drive, infected with malware. Once the victim interacts with the bait, the attacker gains access to the victim’s system.
Quid Pro Quo
Attackers promise something in return for information or assistance. For instance, an attacker might pose as technical support and offer to fix a non-existent problem in exchange for login credentials.
Tailgating
Tailgating occurs when an attacker gains physical access to a restricted area by following an authorized person. This can happen in office settings or secured facilities.
Impersonation
Attackers impersonate authority figures, coworkers, or other trusted individuals to manipulate victims into revealing sensitive information or performing actions.
Mitigation and Preventative
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Implement MFA to add an extra layer of security, even if an attacker gains access to login credentials.
- Employee Training: Regularly educate employees about the various forms of social engineering attacks and how to recognise and respond to them.
- Strong Password Policies: Enforce strong password practices to minimise the risk of unauthorised access.
- Awareness Campaigns : Regularly raise awareness about social engineering among employees and the general public.
- Incident Response Plans: Develop plans to quickly respond to and recover from social engineering incidents.
How We Work
We deliver the whole spectrum of cyber security services, from long-term, enterprise wide strategy and implementation projects to single penetration tests.
Our team works with you to identify and assess your organisation’s vulnerabilities, define enterprise-wide goals, and advise how best to achieve them.
Our recommendations are clear, concise, pragmatic and tailored to your organisation.
Independent, unbiased, personalised – this is how we define our services. We guide you to spend wisely and invest in change efficiently.
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