Social Engineering

Overview

A social engineer manipulates the weakest link in information security: people. He tries to get access to information in various ways, so that he can change it or use it for criminal purposes. In this training you learn how a social engineer operates and how you can recognize a social engineering attack.

Learning Objectives:

After the training you will be able to answer the following questions:

  • What is social engineering?
  • Which characteristics does a social engineering attack have?
  • How do you protect yourself against a social engineering attack?