Article | REF: H5358 V1

Social engineering and security of the information system - The need for prevention

Authors: Florence SEDES, Jonathan DEGRACE

Publication date: May 10, 2025 | Lire en français

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4. Challenges and directions

User training (and, why not, deployment to the general population) represents a key challenge in the prevention of social engineering. Research efforts must therefore be pursued in order to produce effective training tools that can be transposed to attack methods less common than simple phishing.

Understanding the cross-disciplinary skills needed is also crucial to enable users to resist as yet unknown attacks. Anticipating future attack vectors will take the wind out of cybercriminals' sails.

To remember
  • Designing an effective public policy against social engineering.

  • Make existing training courses more efficient.

  • Maintain acquired knowledge and skills.

  • Train users in the various attack...

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