Emerging Trends and Future Directions in Social Engineering Defense

Abstract

In today's quickly changing digital society makes social engineering attacks a much bigger concern, it will create significant challenges to organizations as well as individuals. The chapter explores social engineering threats and strategies for mitigation. Beginning with an introduction to social engineering attacks, it highlights its critical aspects of organizations and individuals from manipulation. Historical viewpoints give insight into the evolution of social engineering attacks, providing us clues to understand current threats. The chapter explains the different tactics used by cybercriminals today and predicts future trends in social engineering. It also discusses technological advancements and tools for detection and prevention of these types of attacks, supported by real-world case studies. Ethical and legal view also critically analyzed to maintain integrity in defense efforts. Lastly, the chapter concluded with the need for proactive defense strategies to effectively address emerging threats in social engineering.