Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report noted 90 percent of threats this year will be in the form of authentication attacks and failures. But organisations should also prepare for continued espionage, Web app exploits and social engineering attacks. Social engineering, which targets people rather than machines, is still a threat with such tactics as phishing, increasing “by a factor of three for larger enterprises and governments” Verizon’s RISK (Research Intelligence Solutions Knowledge) Team data revealed that the likelihood of these attacks is three out of four.”]

