Insights into Social Engineering and Associated risks
Insights into Social Engineering and Associated risks
How being too polite can negatively affect your company
While holding a door open for another person is taught to be polite and courteous, there are proven risks associated when employees apply this mannerism to the organisations and companies they work in. If you are honest with yourself, you have likely participated in this habit.
Offering a helping hand to someone may be the polite societal thing to do, but what negative impacts can we see from this practice?
Our professionals have experience in social engineering testing and want to share their insights while performing penetration assessments for esteemed clients:
- It is much easier to enter a company than most organisations assess
- Employees are often under informed about their role in security
- Penetrators can even have direct contact with real employees and still go un-noticed
- Organisations often have one layer of physical access controls in place (Badging, Access gates, etc.)
- It is not required to have much experience in social engineering to make physical access
- Awareness about phishing has proven to be low after conducting phishing campaigns
How can you avoid these pitfalls?
The solution is simple, find out your weaknesses before they are exploited. As the saying goes, it is better to be safe than sorry. BDO Luxembourg offers tailored services when it comes to social engineering, and we would be honored to offer you this opportunity to secure your company.