Shredding documents helps prevent:
Shredding documents helps prevent:
Shredding documents helps prevent social engineering. Social engineering attacks exploit human interaction to gain access to or information about a system. Dumpster diving, where attackers search through trash for sensitive information, is a form of social engineering. By shredding documents, you make it much harder for attackers to piece together useful information from discarded paper.
Is stealing documents without needing to speak to anyone really social engineering?
Maybe they asked where the trash is kept?
dumpster diving - Dumpster diving is a way for attackers to gain information that they use to establish trust.