Social engineering is commonplace, convincing, and requires continuous consideration. Dr. Larry Ponemon, founder and chairman of Ponemon Institute, discusses the ever-present social engineering threats. He covers three key elements of every organization’s cybersecurity program – people, processes, and technology – and how they fit into combatting these threats. As malicious actors continue to evolve their tactics, organizations must remain vigilant of emerging threats and keep employees educated and aware of increasing trends (like the FBI Notification on the payroll diversion technique). Social engineering scams are designed to target people, not technology; therefore, when technologies fail to stop a threat, an organization’s people, when properly trained, are the best defense. DarkReading.