5 Tips for developing a social engineering defense strategy

by Joe Toppe
Slideshow October 29, 2026 at 06:45 PM

U.S. businesses face an ever-increasing onslaught of bad actors and social engineering attacks.

Ongoing testing and reporting

Ensure you have a partner with deep knowledge of social engineers’ tactics and a team that conducts regular security positioning assessments.

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Detection and response

Near real-time detection and response capabilities are critical to decrease the impact of incidents including third parties.

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Security protection protocols

Controls must be applied at all levels, from device to network, and across all channels including third parties.

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Mobile security policy

Corporate liable devices allow you to maintain consistent protection controls across all devices, support regularity compliance and privacy concerns, mitigate supply chain risk and measure organizational wireless performance.

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Awareness training

Educating: employees, partners and third parties on security red flags and how to protect their devices with VPNs and MFA.

Training: exercises like phishing, vishing, smishing and quishing texts are critical to keep people on alert.

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