As the strength of firewalls and antivirus software grows, experts say a careless click of the mouse can still jeopardize an organization's cyber network. A growing trend in cybersecurity is focusing on the “human factor”--the millions of end users that serve as individual vulnerabilities for federal and private sector computer systems. Hackers target specific users through customized phishing attacks that result in access to the organization’s network. The method is referred to as “social engineering.” “We know well over 90…
Human Element Poses Cyber Risk Beyond Firewalls, Experts Say
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