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Human Factors and Social Engineering in Cybersecurity: A Qualitative Case Study and ISO/Iec 27001-aligned Ethical Response Framework

2026-08-06

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Social engineering remains a persistent cybersecurity problem because it targets the cognitive, emotional, and social conditions under which users make security decisions. Although organizations continue to invest in technical controls, recent incident reporting shows that human action, credential misuse, phishing, and deception continue to shape breach pathways. This study develops a h...

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Literature Corpus work: 09ccd099-248c-53df-849a-5e1bd1841e67
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10308225/v1

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