The Weakest Link
How to Diagnose, Detect, and Defend Users from Phishing
Published on 16. August 2022
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-262-04749-4 (ISBN)
Description
"This book provides a paradigm changing approach for protecting organizational email users from falling prey to social engineering"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
12 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04749-4 (9780262047494)
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Person
Arun Vishwanath, a leading expert in cybersecurity, has held faculty positions at the University at Buffalo, Indiana University, and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. He has written on human cyber vulnerability and related topics for CNN, the Washington Post, and other major media.
Content
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1 How Social Engineering Evolved 23
2 What Makes Social Engineering Possible 41
3 How CISOs Are Dealing with Social Engineering 65
4 Why Do People Fall for Social Engineering? 89
5 The Key Symptom 117
6 Performing an Accurate Diagnosis 135
7 Conducting a User Cyber Risk Assessment 159
8 From Cyber Risk to Cyber Hygiene 179
9 A Tale of Five Implementations 203
10 Reversing the Social Engineer's Advantages 225
Notes 247
Introduction 1
1 How Social Engineering Evolved 23
2 What Makes Social Engineering Possible 41
3 How CISOs Are Dealing with Social Engineering 65
4 Why Do People Fall for Social Engineering? 89
5 The Key Symptom 117
6 Performing an Accurate Diagnosis 135
7 Conducting a User Cyber Risk Assessment 159
8 From Cyber Risk to Cyber Hygiene 179
9 A Tale of Five Implementations 203
10 Reversing the Social Engineer's Advantages 225
Notes 247