How to prevent social engineering attacks

Identify social engineering attacks.
Social engineering attacks are particularly difficult to deal with because they are explicitly designed to exploit natural human traits, such as curiosity, respect for authority, and the desire to help friends. There are many tips to help identify social engineering attacks…
Additionally, social engineering attacks lead to other attacks, as access to an employee’s credentials can lead to the theft of credentials from other employees, outside contractors, or business partners and customers. All of this underscores the importance of learning how to stop social engineering attacks before they begin.
Social engineering is an attack vector that “relies heavily on human interaction and often includes manipulating people to subvert normal security procedures and best practices in order to gain unauthorized access to systems, networks or physical locations, or for financial gain”.
Prevent social engineering attacks.
The best way to prevent social engineering attacks is to know how to spot them. It can be hard to unravel yourself when you’re already stuck in a network of social engineers. Fortunately, you don’t have to be a techie to do good social engineering prevention – just use your gut instinct and some old-fashioned common sense.
One of the best ways to protect yourself from social engineering attacks is to become familiar with common social engineering methods. Today, social engineering often happens online, even through social media scams, where attackers pose as trusted contacts or authority figures to trick people into revealing sensitive information.
When it comes to social engineering attacks, a gram of prevention is worth a kilo of cure. In many cases, there is no cure for social engineering other than changing passwords and taking financial damage with as much dignity as possible.