You may be surprised.
Check out this sample Security+ practice test question to see if you can answer it. It also gives a hint of what may be the biggest security threat for any organization.
Q. The CEO of a company recently received an email. The email indicates that her company is being sued and names her specifically as a defendant in the lawsuit. It includes an attachment and the email describes the attachment as a subpoena. Which of the following BEST describes the social engineering principle used by the sender in this scenario?
A. Whaling
B. Phishing
C. Consensus
D. Authority
The answer and explanation is here, along with a short discussion of what many organizations consider the biggest security threat.
