Definition
Shoulder Surfing is a social engineering technique where an attacker observes a victim's screen or keyboard to gather sensitive information such as passwords, PINs, or confidential data in public or semi-public spaces.
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Social Engineering
Social engineering is a manipulation technique that exploits human psychology to trick people into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information. It is the human element of cybersecurity attacks and often serves as the initial vector for more complex attacks.
Insider Threat
An Insider Threat is a security risk posed by individuals within an organization, such as employees, contractors, or partners, who misuse their authorized access to harm the organization's data, systems, or operations.
Physical Security
Physical Security encompasses the measures designed to protect personnel, hardware, software, networks, and data from physical actions and events that could cause serious loss or damage to an organization.
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