Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

October 2022

Goals of Social Engineering

Social engineering, including phishing, is one of the best opportunities for an attacker to enter a well-secured network. Knowing what data is at risk is an important part of any security strategy. What data or systems of value does your organization have access to? That’s what an attacker will try to hijack. Sedara can help protect your organization against social engineering attacks and more. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to learn more about protecting your organization.

What is Social Engineering?

Many organizations focus on technological controls to protect their assets. But that’s only part of the story! Smart attackers use social engineering to achieve their goals in compromising networks and data. In a social engineering attack vector, attackers lie or present deceptive fronts to convince people to divulge information or take some action that allows the attackers access. If you learned anything from this video, please subscribe to our YouTube Channel! We will be releasing more videos to help you understand cybersecurity for your organization.

What is a Gap Assessment?

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) provides a list of best practices organizations can follow to maintain a secure environment. At first glance, the list can seem quite complex! When Sedara works with a client to improve their security posture, we do in-depth information gathering. The questions asked might include things like: How do you keep your computer systems updated? How often are they updated? How do you manage adding access for new hires, and ending access for terminations? Do you provide your staff training so they are up-to-date on security threats?