Author:Mouton, F; Leenen, L; Venter, HSDate:Oct 2015Information security is a fast-growing discipline, and therefore the effectiveness of security measures to protect sensitive information needs to be increased. Since people are generally susceptible to manipulation, humans often prove to be ...Read more
Author:Mouton, F; Malany, MM; Leenen, l; Venter, HSDate:Jul 2014The field of information security is a fast growing; discipline. Even though the effectiveness of security measures; to protect sensitive information is increasing, people remain; susceptible to manipulation and the human element is thus a; ...Read more
Author:Mouton, F; Leenen, L; Malan, MM; Venter, HSDate:Aug 2014The human is often the weak link in the attainment of Information Security due to their susceptibility to deception and manipulation. Social Engineering refers to the exploitation of humans in order to gain unauthorised access to sensitive ...Read more