Avoiding Social Engineering Flashcards
What is Social Engineering?
Human manipulation from a malicious actor
What is Situational Awareness?
Being mindful of surroundings, tasks, and the potential consequences of ones actions
What is Shoulder Surfing?
involves the attacker attempting to peek over your shoulder to look at sensitive information on your screen
What is Easvesdropping?
attacker is attempting to listen in on our private conversations or our meetings in order to breach our security.
What is Piggybacking/Tailgaiting?
An unauthorized individual closely follows someone with legitimate access to slip into secure premises
What is Dumpster Diving?
attackers sift through garbage to look for any discarded information
What is OPSEC?
Operational Security
Stresses data protection against social engineers for business aspects such as routines, project details, and internal procedures
