Cybersecurity Awareness and Social Engineering Attacks in Organizations

This paper examines the role of cybersecurity awareness in reducing organizational exposure to social engineering attacks. It discusses common social engineering techniques, including phishing, smishing, vishing, pretexting, and business email compromise. It also explores human behavior, password security, employee awareness and training, incident reporting, and challenges in evaluating cybersecurity awareness programs. The paper emphasizes the importance of integrating people, processes, and technology to strengthen organizational cybersecurity.