Social engineering: the human factor in information security
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This paper aims at approaching the Social Engineering issue as one of thefactors that compromise both the security of information but also the organizational security itself. This approach will not be exclusively directed to the Brazilian Army but treated in a generic way because we assume the kind of activity herein studied can be developed to cheat the safety of any Institution, no matter how complex it is, provided that there is a worthwhile product, either concrete or intangible, such as a piece of information, especially if the product has an intrinsic strategic value. This work will be developed based on a bibliographic review in which some rudimentary concepts concerning the importance of the information in the contemporary world, the contextualization of the information security in relation to the information management and an analysis focusing on behavioral Social Engineering elements will be highlighted. In conclusion, we will show how important it is to invest in convincing the members of the organization of the procedures to be taken when dealing with or sharing even the least relevant organizational data.
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