social engineering

Social Engineering Schemes Target Humans, Not Technology

July 31, 2018 Dave Buster Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

In the world of cybersecurity, it’s a well-known secret that the weakest links in every cyber defense strategy are humans, not technology. Many times, it’s simpler to blame technology, and then to look to technology to solve the problem.

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How to Avoid Falling Victim to Social Engineering

April 7, 2015 Guest Authors Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Everyone should be very familiar with the idea of social engineering and be aware of what a social engineer is trying to do. Social engineers are people who make their living taking advantage of others. Social engineering works because we as humans are wired to help people.

Social Engineering: How Hackers Hack the Human

March 11, 2014 Bob Withers Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

According to Donn Parker in Fighting Computer Crime, the weakest link in security is the human. Hackers see the opportunity in having people facilitate the attack. We call this “hacking the human.”