Defining social engineering in cybersecurity

Z Wang, L Sun, H Zhu - IEEe Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Social engineering has posed a serious security threat to infrastructure, user, data and
operations of cyberspace. Nevertheless, there are many conceptual deficiencies (such as …

Social engineering defence mechanisms and counteracting training strategies

P Schaab, K Beckers, S Pape - Information & Computer Security, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to outline strategies for defence against social engineering that are
missing in the current best practices of information technology (IT) security. Reason for the …

[HTML][HTML] Modern aspects of cyber-security training and continuous adaptation of programmes to trainees

G Hatzivasilis, S Ioannidis, M Smyrlis, G Spanoudakis… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, more-and-more cyber-security training is emerging as an essential process for
the lifelong personnel education in organizations, especially for those which operate critical …

[HTML][HTML] Cyber-attack scoring model based on the offensive cybersecurity framework

K Kim, FA Alfouzan, H Kim - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cyber-attacks have become commonplace in the world of the Internet. The nature of cyber-
attacks is gradually changing. Early cyber-attacks were usually conducted by curious …

An academic review of current industrial and commercial cyber security social engineering solutions

H Aldawood, G Skinner - … of the 3rd International Conference on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
The study aims to assess popular awareness training solutions and techniques used by
organizations to defend and mitigate cyber security social engineering threats. Social …

Technical and behavioural training and awareness solutions for mitigating ransomware attacks

A Bello, A Maurushat - Applied Informatics and Cybernetics in Intelligent …, 2020 - Springer
Over the years, there has been a significant increase in cyber security risks and
vulnerabilities with one of the most severe threat being ransomware attacks. Ransomware, a …

PERSUADED: fighting social engineering attacks with a serious game

D Aladawy, K Beckers, S Pape - Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital …, 2018 - Springer
Social engineering is the clever manipulation of the human element to acquire information
assets. While technical security of most critical systems is high, the systems remain …

A systematic map** study on gamification within information security awareness programs

O Pahlavanpour, S Gao - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract Information security awareness (ISA) has become a vital issue for organizations, as
security breaches are usually attributed to human errors. ISP programs are effective ways to …

Counteracting sociocultural barriers in global software engineering using group activities

A Yasin, R Fatima, J Ali Khan, L Liu… - Journal of software …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In modern times, internationally organized teams face a number of coordination problems
owing to their different physical operating locations. These challenges usually come in …

PROTECT–an easy configurable serious game to train employees against social engineering attacks

L Goeke, A Quintanar, K Beckers, S Pape - International Workshop on …, 2019 - Springer
Social engineering is the clever manipulation of human trust. While most security protection
focuses on technical aspects, organisations remain vulnerable to social engineers …