Social Vulnerability Testing

There is a relentless battle to stop hackers continually trying to gain access to computer systems in a variety of different ways. Most companies put a significant resource in trying to protect their systems and networks through technological solutions such as upgrades, security software and encryption. However there is means of gaining access bypassing the technical systems controls completely – social engineering.

Social engineering is a collection of techniques used to manipulate people into performing actions or divulging confidential information.

Although the best means of defence against this threat is user education, without testing your message is getting through, how can you be sure that your organisation is focussing its time and money in the right areas? Few organisations in the UK have the either the knowledge or means to assess the effectiveness of such initiatives even if they have in-house technical security expertise

More and more organisations are now taking the diligent step of testing the effectiveness of their security defences by using our dedicated service to simulate social engineering attacks.  The results of these simulated attacks provide management with an accurate and comprehensive picture of the scope ‘human’ vulnerabilities of their organisation.

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