Organizational Characteristics Associated with Vulnerability to Social Engineering Deception: A Qualitative Analysis

Social engineering, the manipulation and deception of individuals to gain access to otherwise secure systems and information, has become a major vector to compromise the information security of organizations. Little research has explored characteristics associated with organizations vulnerable to so...

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Main Author: Steinmetz, Kevin F. (Author)
Contributors: Knight, Trina ; McCarthy, Adrienne L.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Victims & offenders
Year: 2022, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 421-438
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Deception vulnerability
Organizations
Social Engineering
Target selection
qualitative methods

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