Social engineering: securing your business's data

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• Joanna Downes

 Recent reports suggest that instances of ‘social engineering’ being used to obtain confidential data are on the rise. Social engineering is, in simple terms, the act of manipulating people into divulging confidential information. By way of example, we are often warned of ‘phishing’ emails, purportedly from banks, requesting personal information. However, warns Joanna Downes, it seems that those employing social engineering tactics are now getting slightly more so... (15 more words)

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