Cybercriminals don’t need to use brute force or write malicious code to break into your systems. All they need to do is target your people. That’s what social engineering is all about. It’s a method that relies on psychological manipulation to bypass technical safeguards to get inside your business and take harmful action. 

These attacks come in many forms. You might recognize terms like phishing, baiting, and tailgating. Each one uses a slightly different approach, but the objective is the same: to manipulate someone’s response.

You moved to the cloud for speed, scalability and savings. You stayed because it gave you flexibility, faster deployments and easy access across teams. But while the benefits are real, so are the risks. One wrong click or downloading one corrupted file can open a crack—and someone out there is always looking to slip through it.

Let’s be blunt. Cybercriminals don’t care how small or big you are. They only care about one thing: access. And if your cloud environment gives them an easy way in, they’ll take it without hesitation.