Social Engineering: Training The Human Firewall

Ground Truth, 14:30 Tuesday Phishing is one of the leading cyber attacks worldwide, resulting in numerous social engineering training exercises to train average users to defend against these attacks. This discussion focuses on research that took a p...

Ground Truth, 14:30 Tuesday

Phishing is one of the leading cyber attacks worldwide, resulting in numerous social engineering training exercises to train average users to defend against these attacks. This discussion focuses on research that took a pool of users with three different phishing campaigns, each of these campaigns focused on a different threat. The purpose of the study is to find the psychological reasoning as to why users click phish. The results will teach the audience how to measure risk, improve security education, and understand the users in their business.

Reanna Schultz