Who Is Responsible for Security?
Bill Gardner Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA
Abstract
No matter what their role in the organization, everyone is responsible for security. From the CEO to the mailroom, all users are at risk and can be targeted by social engineers in both technical and nontechnical attacks.
Keywords
End users
Awareness
Targeted attacks
Social media
Social engineering
Information Technology (IT) Staff
If asked, most people would say the information technology staff is responsible for securing the data of the organization. This is true because the IT staff is responsible for setting up the servers, network, client computers, firewalls, and other security products located at the edge of the organization's ...
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