Define within the context of information security that social engineering is the process of using social skills

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Define within the context of information security that social engineering is the process of using social skills to convince people to reveal access credentials or other valuable information to the attacker.

Explain that people are the weakest link. You can have the best technology— firewalls, intrusion-detection systems, biometric devices—and somebody can call an unsuspecting employee and obtain a wealth of information.

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Principles Of Information Security

ISBN: 9780357506431

7th Edition

Authors: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord

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