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IDC Spotlight, sponsored by Doppel, From Infrastructure to Inbox: Defending the Full Social Engineering Attack Chain
Modern social engineering attacks exploit the gaps between siloed security tools. In this publication, this IDC Spotlight examines why defending the full attack chain calls for unifying digital risk protection, email security, and human risk management on one platform.
AI has industrialized social engineering. Reconnaissance is automated, deepfakes take seconds, and campaigns pivot faster than static rules and manual takedowns can follow. IDC Spotlight's conclusion: “Defenders need an agentic solution that can match the attacker velocity, volume, and variety with an ability to dismantle the infrastructure behind the operation, rather than chasing individual messages.” .
Download the IDC Spotlight to get:
- The numbers behind the threat: social engineering accounts for up to 24% of ransomware incidents, and the FBI reports $17.7B in cyber-enabled fraud losses in 2025 with much of it coming from social engineering tactics.
- Inside real-world attacks: how vishing, help desk impersonation, and a $25M deepfake video bypassed traditional defenses
- The Social Engineering Attack Chain, Doppel's five-stage framework for attacks where the payload is a conversation
- The IDC Spotlight profile of how Doppel disrupts the chain, from turning reported phish into infrastructure takedowns to training employees on real attacker messages
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