TAILGATING
" TAILGATERS WILL OFTEN PRETEND TO BE SOMEONE WHO SEEMS TO HAVE A LEGITIMATE
NEED TO ENTER THE BUILDING ..."
CYBERSECURITY :
How Your Employees Can Prevent Tailgating
BY : MITCH MELEEDY , SYSTEMS ANALYST , AND BRIANNA GENTILE , OFFICE SERVICES SUPERVISOR , A . I . M . MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
HOLDING THE DOOR for someone is the polite thing to do , but sometimes that common courtesy can cause more harm than good . In this age of technology , social engineers have developed numerous ways to take advantage of our social behaviors to bypass security and gain access to critical information . Tailgating — also known as piggybacking — is one such technique which , while relatively simple , can have devastating consequences .
Cybercrime takes many forms and is becoming increasingly more sophisticated . Unlike many cyber threats , tailgating comes by way of your physical location . It ’ s critically important that Information
Technology ( IT ) work closely with Office Services , or the department responsible for facilities management , in a robust education campaign for employees .
At A . I . M . Mutual , we regularly train our employees to identify malicious emails by utilizing webinars , phishing campaigns , and other educational tutorials . Yet tailgating
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