Phishing Attack: Raising Awareness and Protection Techniques
Sotonye Kalio · 2022
Phishing is a form of social engineering attack that can be used to steal sensitive and vital information and details from unsuspecting entities which could either be organizations or individuals. This paper gives a review on how phishing attacks are carried out and the protection techniques involved in defending against such attacks and how to raise awareness about such attacks in Bournemouth University using the MINDSPACE framework. The protection techniques would be classified into three layers namely; automated tools, training and knowledge, and multifactor authentication. The awareness would be raised using the MINDSPACE framework and it revealed that about 50% of the students approached were ignorant of the phishing attack and the tactics used to carry the attack out.