1st Edition
Hacking the Human Social Engineering Techniques and Security Countermeasures
By Ian Mann
Copyright 2008
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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Information security is about people, yet in most organizations protection remains focused on technical countermeasures. The human element is crucial in the majority of successful attacks on systems and attackers are rarely required to find technical vulnerabilities, hacking the human is usually sufficient. Ian Mann turns the black art of social engineering into an information security risk that... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Part One The Risks: What is social engineering?; Understanding your risks; People, your weakest link; Limitations to current security thinking. Part Two Understanding Human Vulnerabilities: Trust me; Reading a person; Subconscious mind; Parent, Adult, Child. Part Three Countermeasures: Vulnerability mapping; Protection systems; Awareness and Training; Testing. Index.
Biography
Ian Mann is Senior System Consultant with ECSC Ltd (www.ecsc.co.uk) a specialist information security consultancy. Ian has worked with a wide range of companies, including a number of leading financial institutions, to help them understand the risk from attacks by social engineers, and to develop effective countermeasures. He is also known for his presentations on the subject.
