Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World
Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World
Social engineering: the "Dark Art"
Proceedings of the 1st annual conference on Information security curriculum development
The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders & Deceivers
The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders & Deceivers
Information security technology?...don't rely on it: a case study in social engineering
SSYM'95 Proceedings of the 5th conference on USENIX UNIX Security Symposium - Volume 5
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With the increasing use of security technology, technical attacks should become more difficult leading attackers to employ social engineering as a means to obtaining unauthorized access to information. Therefore, social engineering is a potentially dangerous threat to information security. Fortunately, a number of countermeasures have been proposed to defend against it. These countermeasures include implementing policy, providing end-user and key personnel education, and performing security audits. However, most current prominent information assurance curricula do not directly address social engineering and only indirectly address the countermeasures. Amending these curricula to include social engineering as a topic may help students be better prepared for encountering social engineering threats.