Segurança da informação corporativa sob a ótica humana

Abstract

In this work will be treated the social engineering. The business environments is currently increasingly interconnected, so that the information is exposed to large set of threats with potential to violated the security, especially the social engineer2 . Organizations that desire to protect your information need to define appropriate protection strategies that safeguard people and information because information is a vital asset for the corporate business and the human element is the most vulnerable element of the information security. The development of this monograph was done through a literature review, study of good information security practices of market, the major human vulnerabilities and protection strategies. It was concluded that to implement with effectively the information security in an organization is important that information security corporate strategy is aligned with the business, culture and organizational needs. Finally, the study concludes with the observation that, since there is no absolute security, it is fundamental that the organization establishes a continuous process of security awareness that takes into account that the human element is the most fragile point and, considering this constantly, information security is a responsibility of all.