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and make them responsible for the type of information that they share outside the company's
systems. Policies must also be reviewed and updated
with time and should not be
unattainable by employees.
3.6.3
User education
The best solution to combat social engineering attacks is to educate users on what it is
and how it is done. Users should particularly be taught not to give out information over social
media, rush a process because a client demands so, yield to intimidation, agree to allow some
small mistakes, or give system access to other people.
3.7
Analysis of the proposed solutions
The proposed solutions above can be very effective against social engineering threats
to the organization. The implementation of best practices is particularly
important since it
seals off the existing insecure avenues that can lead to an organization being attacked by
social engineers. Policies are also important tools that are sometimes neglected. Users should
be taught to follow them and they will save the organization from attacks. Lastly, it is known
that the best solution to social engineering is user education. Therefore,
this is a very practical
way to defeat social engineers. The only problem with the proposed solutions is that they do
not focus more on the individual user, they focus on a user
within the organization
environment. Most of the time, users will be away from the organization and may be more
exposed to social engineers.
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