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People… the social engineer’s dream.

Written by Stephanie Kingslien | Aug 16, 2017 8:03:03 PM

 

Do you want to hear real world Social Engineering (People Hacking) stories straight from the experts at FR Secure?  Well, you do NOT want to miss this month’s Mytech U session where we are fortunate to have Evan Francen – President and CEO of FR Secure as a guest presenter!

Data breach revelations are commonplace in news headlines and social media today. The development of new and expanded breach notification laws ensures the public will encounter breach disclosures frequently in the future. To understand why these breaches have become a societal norm there must be an awareness of the fundamental factor, in particular the human contribution. Social engineering, is by definition the psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information they would normally keep to themselves. 

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