Saturday, February 20, 2016

Psychological Tricks of the Social Engineer


Published on 23 Nov 2012

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Synopsis: Psychological Tricks of the Social Engineer: Demystifying Human Behavior
Micro-Expression Reader, and Certified Subtle Expression reader.

While several Social Engineering talks and books focus on the techniques no one clearly explains why they work. Learn why the techniques are used and what impact they have on behavior. Discover aspects of human social interaction that can be leveraged to accomplish discrete and specific goals. Gain a firm understanding of the limitations of humans objective reasoning. Finally understand the social rules that are used to navigate within the social engineering construct.

Participants will learn:
What behaviors SE's rely on to accomplish their goals
Why those behaviors exist in the first place
How to partially mitigate those behaviors
How to communicate with individuals about these behaviors removing the shame and stigma of having fallen for social engineering tricks
How to communicate to Executive Management the real impact of social engineers