Question

24. Give 8 examples of how security-aware culture can help employees identify and repel social engineering attacks.

25. Name the 7 leaders in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for the security-aware computer-based training that sells products/services for social engineering defense.

Answer 1

24.

First of all we shoul know what social engineering means. It means manipulating a person into knowingly or unknowingly giving up information.
Examples of how security-aware culture can help employees identify and repel social engineering attacks:

• One of the biggest threat of social engineering is gathering information by watching people enter passwords in ATM. This could be avoided after having a security aware culture as they would avoid being careless in such situations.
• Another way of gathering information by listening to conversations in restaurants and public places. By awareness people will have the knowledge of what to say at what place.
• Another way is by watching people enter pin into their laptops. This could be avoided after having a security aware culture.
• It will help the employess to identify the trojan mails and messages.
• It will help the employees to understand if a person is trying to create a fake scenario in front of him to gather information.
• It will also help them to not fall in the trap of phising
• They will be able to identify fake websites that are created only for false purposes
• They will take responsibilty or ownership for their corporate security

25.

7 leaders in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for the security-aware computer-based training are :

1. KnowBe4
2. Proofpoint
3. Infosec
4. Cofense
5. MediaPRO
6. Terranova Security
7. Inspired eLearning