OVERVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC WORKS ON SOCIAL ENGINEERING

Various information resources focus on social engineering methods as the most significant threats to the information security of organizations and the financial sector. Despite the development of technical, organizational, lawmaking and other security measures, the threats caused by social engineering attacks remain relevant. This article describes an overview of published dissertations and research articles that have investigated the mechanisms of social engineering attacks and defensive mechanisms. The article also provides a description of the ideas for developing new protection methods, the scope of application of these instruments, capabilities and limitations. In the course of the analysis of the defensive methods against social engineering attacks proposed in scientific works, a list of similarities and completeness of the description of the information security violator, attack channels, the main stages of the impact, the proposed protective measures is presented, and also a scientific novelty.