Countering Social Engineering through Social Media: An Enterprise Security Perspective
It addresses security risks for enterprises, but appears incremental as it focuses on analyzing existing measures rather than proposing new solutions.
The paper tackles the problem of social engineering attacks via social media targeting enterprises, analyzing vulnerabilities and countermeasures, including an evaluation of existing security policies in public and private sectors.
The increasing threat of social engineers targeting social media channels to advance their attack effectiveness on company data has seen many organizations introducing initiatives to better understand these vulnerabilities. This paper examines concerns of social engineering through social media within the enterprise and explores countermeasures undertaken to stem ensuing risk. Also included is an analysis of existing social media security policies and guidelines within the public and private sectors.