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Deceitful Tactics and Honest Mistakes: Remedying Human Error Amid the Rise of Social Engineering Across Healthcare
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When attackers can’t force their way into your systems, they’ll often turn to social engineering—tricking real people into giving up credentials or opening a doorway by accident. Instead of breaking through firewalls, they rely on trust, curiosity, or fear to slip under your defenses and launch a malware or ransomware attack.
The best tool in your arsenal for defense? Education. No, for real. Because once your team knows what to look for, the con artists lose their edge and have no way to get started. Our social engineering guide will walk you through the essentials for protecting your organization from slipping up and letting an attacker inside the door.
What is social engineering? How does it impact your business?
Get the basics on how social engineering works and see why threat actors focus on human weaknesses to attack and disrupt your day-to-day operations.
Types of Social Engineering Attacks
Learn all about social engineering trends and the classic tactics—like phishing, baiting, pretexting, and more—and find out how they reel in unsuspecting victims.
Impact of Social Engineering: Key Statistics on Businesses
If you think nobody’s targeting you, think again. Check out real numbers and trends on how often social engineering hits smaller organizations.
How to prevent social engineering attacks
Get practical, budget-friendly strategies for building a security-minded culture, from employee training to policy changes and everything in between.
Don’t leave it to luck when just one success is all a social engineer needs. Start a free trial of Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training and see how you can empower your entire team to be a vigilant, well-informed security frontline that sees right through the bullshit.
