• Dr. Nidhi Srivastava

Security of data is an important concern for any organization or individual. People take various measures to protect their system and data from any type of breaches. As the hacker finds it difficult to access the system or confidential information of the individual they are now using social engineering as a way to gather secret information. Social engineering is a method in which the human psychology is used to gather confidential information about organization or individual from the user. The hackers portray in such a way that the people tend to unknowingly share their information. This paper describes about social engineering, the social engineering attack cycle and the numerous techniques used by attacker to lure victim. The paper also lists the various precautions which the individual can take to prevent such attacks.

- social engineering, phishing, baiting, tailgating

"SOCIAL ENGINEERING- ATTACKS AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.21-23, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904M05.pdf

"SOCIAL ENGINEERING- ATTACKS AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp21-23, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904M05.pdf