SOCIAL ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES AND MITIGATION MECHANISM

Abstract

Cybersecurity is an integral part of the computer systems especially in current time where data is a very valuable asset a company or an individual can have.Cyberattackers are increasing in number and the attacks have increased both in terms in advancement and quantity.Without proper protection the individual or the company is at the risk of losing the data by the cyberattackers. Social
engineering techniques are the type of cyber-attacks that does not focus on the vulnerabilities of technology but they are
targeted at the susceptibility of human emotions. Social Engineering techniques depends on the gaining human trust.Genrally, the weakest link in security systems are not the technology but the human element. I have choosen this field of research because I myself have been a target of numerous cyber-attacks and I wish to educate myself to protect myself from the social engineering attacks in the future and also want to develop certain methods which enable individuals or companies to protect themselves from the attacks based on social engineering techniques.