Social Engineering : Hacking Systems, Nations, and Societies

• Autore: Erbschloe Michael <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton, : CRC Press LLC, 2019
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 pages)
• Disciplina: 364.168
• Soggetto topico: Social engineering; Computer crimes
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.; 7.8 Seminar Discussion Topics
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction to social engineering use by bad guys -- The continuum of social engineering approaches -- Criminal social engineering activities -- Securing organizations against social engineering attacks -- Social engineering attacks leveraging PII -- Hacking the democratic electoral process -- Socially engineered attacks by insiders -- Educating people to prevent social engineering attacks -- The accent of cyber darkness.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book analyzes of the use of social engineering as a tool to hack random systems and target specific systems in several dimensions of society. It shows how social engineering techniques are employed well beyond what hackers do to penetrate computer systems. And it explains how organizations and individuals can socially engineer their culture to help minimize the impact of the activities of those who lie, cheat, deceive, and defraud. After reading this book, you'll be able to analyze how organizations work and the need for security to maintain operations and sustainability, and be able to identify, respond to and counter socially engineered threats to security.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social Engineering
• ISBN: 1-000-43912-7; 1-000-39828-5; 0-429-32214-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811788603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II