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Security attacks and countermeasures

Cloud Musings

Cyber attacks are on the increase, with six of the top 10 largest incidents occurring in 2013 (402M) and 2014 (469M to date) [1]. For example, in the first half of 2014, 84.6% Global Technology Adoption Index, Dell, November 4, 2014 2. IBM Security Services 2014 Cyber Security Intelligence Index, June, 2014 6.

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Common Techniques Hackers Use to Penetrate Systems and How to Protect Your Organization

ForAllSecure

How to Protect Against Social Engineering Attacks Organizations can protect themselves against social engineering attacks by educating employees about the risks, enabling multi-factor authentication, and implementing security policies that require verification of any requests for sensitive information or actions.

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