Organizations are beefing up its Information Security Program by setting up organizational structure e.g., committees, gettin
g c ertified on different information
security standards, building perimeter defenses, implementing network segmentation, developing secure business application sy ste ms, procuring sophisticated
security devices like network and web application firewalls, intrusion prevention/detection systems (IPS/IDS) and subjected t he same systems and
infrastructure to vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.
But in the information security ecosystem, humans are the weakest and the strongest link. This link is often neglected if not
fo rgotten. According to Verizon,
95% of the data breaches have a social engineering component to them.
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