011. An Intro: Social Engineering and Physical Access

Security risks aren’t always found through vulnerability scanning and hacking. Holly Grace talks us through how physical access testing and social engineering can be used to demonstrate security risks in a target organisation. This introduction to social engineering talks about how these assessments are performed and their benefits, through some funny on-the-job stories. 1’43 What is social engineering? 3’25 Three common Phishing attacks 7’00 Training staff to recognise the signs of a social engineering 15’40 What is physical access? 17’13 How physical access assessments are performed 28’18 The time Holly got stopped by a security guard! Download on iTunes: apple.co/2Ji61Ek Listening time: 32 minutes For more information, follow us on Twitter @secarma or @secarmalabs or email us at [email protected] Hosted by: Holly Grace Williams, Technical Director at Secarma