The technological change of the 21st century has seen rapid growth in the innovation and fastest adoption of cloud computing. It is now considered the most ingenious solution that removes the idea of having a data centre by helping businesses meet their needs virtually in the most cost-effective, efficient, and productive way.
In today’s data-driven world, every other company and application collects a significant amount of important data and individual’s personal information such as name, email ID, address, date of birth, ID number, credit card information, and online behaviours, history and much more. Sharing data has become an essential component to many businesses and organisations; it allows the data controller and data subjects to stay connected and collaborate on many things.
As per UK DCMS’s data breaches survey, about 32% of businesses in the UK have faced a form of cybersecurity threat between 2018 and 2019. As a result of these network security vulnerabilities, these businesses incurred costs on lost data and many other damages that totalled £4,180.
Attack vectors are defined as the means or paths by which hackers gain access to computers remotely with malicious intentions such as delivering payloads or carrying out other harmful activities. Some common ones are malware, social engineering, phishing and remote exploits.
In the beginning, social engineering was an art of social science. It is used to change people’s behaviour and make changes in society. It looks at a lot of groups, including government, media, academia and industries. Nevertheless, with the development of technology and people’s concerns about security, social engineering has started to be used. Cyber criminals use it to trick humans by using deceptive techniques or information that disguises their intentions.
