Social Engineering and Internal Threats in Organizations

• Main Author: Arenas, Miguel Tames
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för programvarusystem 2008
• Subjects: social engineering; computer security; risks; threats; Computer Sciences; Datavetenskap (datalogi)
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-6075

Organizations are taking computer security more seriously every day, investing huge amounts of money in creating stronger defenses including firewalls, anti-virus software, biometrics and identity access badges. These measures have made the business world more effective at blocking threats from the outside, and made it increasingly difficult for hackers or viruses to penetrate systems. But there are still threats that put organizations at risk , this threats are not necessary from external attackers, in this paper we will analyze what are the internal threats in organizations, why are we vulnerable and the best methods to protect our organizations from inside threats.