Of Social Engineers & Corporate Espionage Agents: How Prepared Are SMEs in Developing Economies?

摘要: The purpose of this study is to create the awareness cyber-security threats due social engineers and corporate espionage agents, offer some mitigation measures aimed at minimizing impact insider attacks on SMEs in developing economies. Loyal trusted employees can pose enormous catastrophic cyber-risks SMEs, view their insider-ness, access privileges knowledge systems as well associated inherent vulnerabilities. Cyber-security functionaries chief-level officers were surveyed various metrics incidents. findings indicate that financial ICT oriented are mostly targeted, range from loss sensitive data, resources, market share customer investor confidence. Since most capitalize end-user vulnerabilities sense norms, effective offered human centric nature. Personal factors likely motivate become agents ought be addressed. Periodic on-spot audit carried out effectively monitor any unnecessary inappropriate escalations. Policy separation duties must enforced.