The best way to mitigate the ever-present risk of social engineering in corporations is by performing a social engineering audit. This audit exposes the vulnerabilities within an organization pertaining to its workers and their susceptibility to social engineering attempts. It has been noted that CIOs and CSOs are implementing audits at their organizations due to the increasing number of hacks facilitated by social engineering. It has therefore become a major concern for organizations to ensure that the weaknesses in their users practices are understood and mitigated through user-training exercises. User training is much more effective when the flaws to be addressed are known.
Social engineering audits also examine ...
