Types of Threats and Attacks Nontechnical Attacks: Social Engineering social engineering a type of nontechnical attack that uses social pressures to trick computer users into compromising computer networks to which those individuals have access A multiprong approach should be used to combat socIal engineering Education and training Policies and procedures Penetration testing Electronic Comm Prentice Hall 2006 3Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 13 Types of Threats and Attacks • Nontechnical Attacks: Social Engineering social engineering A type of nontechnical attack that uses social pressures to trick computer users into compromising computer networks to which those individuals have access – A multiprong approach should be used to combat social engineering • Education and training • Policies and procedures • Penetration testing