From the course: Cybersecurity Awareness: Social Engineering

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Solution: Safegarding your company from attacks

Solution: Safegarding your company from attacks

From the course: Cybersecurity Awareness: Social Engineering

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Solution: Safegarding your company from attacks

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(upbeat music) - [Instructor] All right, how was that? Did you find a way to defend against all the attacks? Remember, there's no wrong way to defend yourself against these attacks. We're testing your grasp of the concepts, which is the most important part. So let's dig in. The first attack in the original scenario was tailgating. The most practical way to defend yourself against tailgating is to stop and ask the person if they work at your employer. If someone isn't an employee, they need to be forwarded to the front desk for proper authorization. The second attack was shoulder surfing. There are a few options here. You could use a privacy screen for your monitors. You could resize the application windows to make it harder for someone looking over your shoulder. Or you could be sure to look around before interacting with sensitive information. The third attack was phishing. There are many ways to combat phishing,…

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