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Exploits that involve manipulating people — your users and even you — are often the greatest vulnerability. Humans are trusting by nature, which can lead to social engineering exploits. Social engineering is exploiting the trusting nature of human beings to gain information — often via email phishing — for malicious purposes. With dramatic increases in the size of the remote workforce, social engineering has become an even greater threat, especially with more personal devices being used that are likely much less secure. Check out Chapter 6 for more information about social engineering and how to guard your systems and users against it.

Other common, effective attacks against information systems are physical. Hackers break into buildings, computer rooms, or other areas that contain critical information or property to steal computers, servers, and other valuable equipment. Physical attacks can also include dumpster diving — rummaging through trash cans and bins for intellectual property, passwords, network diagrams, and other information.