Our offer Your industry Your career News & inspiration About us LANGUAGE SEARCH Home pageNews & inspirationPressPress releasesCombitech's expert on the phenomenon of Social Engineering Share COMBITECH'S EXPERT ON THE PHENOMENON OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING Published July 15, 2015 How safety conscious are you? Today's computer users are often lulled into the fact that security technology creates a secure environment. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly common for attackers to use human goodness to access business-critical information, a phenomenon known as Social Engineering. Kristoffer Karlström, information security consultant at Combitech, tells more. What is Social Engineering? - Social Engineering means that an attacker tries to manipulate a person to obtain information. The attacker does not have to use a great deal of technical knowledge, but in many cases is the most effective way to exploit a number of social psychological weaknesses that all people share. It can be something as simple as us politely and well-behaved answering questions without thinking about the consequences. How do you become more security conscious? - As an individual, you should trust your intuition. I usually say that you should be healthy suspicious. If someone calls and pretends to be a colleague, but you become unsure, you should ask some control questions or ask to be allowed to call back. Ta för vana att vara försiktig med vilka uppgifter du lämnar ut. Svara inte på konstiga frågor per telefon, mail eller chatt från okända personer eller om kontaktsättet avviker från det normala. Var också försiktig med att delge information om dig och din arbetsgivare på sociala medier. Den informationen kan lätt användas mot dig och dina kollegor. Som råd till en verksamhet skulle jag säga att det är viktigt att se över sina rutiner för informationssäkerhet regelbundet och öka säkerhetsmedvetenheten hos sina medarbetare. Vi på Combitech kan stötta med både utbildning, tester och mätningar för att se hur säkerhetsmedvetna medarbetarna är och vilka åtgärder som behöver vidtas. Vilka trender ser du inom området? - Social Engineering is nothing new but the use is increasing because it is so efficient. We also see that more and more attacks are outsourced and coordinated through Darknet, which is the black market on the internet. CONTACT US Åsa Scherling Head of Communications Tel: 0734-18 77 98 Send e-mail Universitetsvägen 14 PO Box 15042 SE-580 15 Linköping, Sweden +46 (0) 10 216 90 00 info@combitech.se Free jobs Cyber Security Digitization LinkedIn Facebook Twitter