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Operationalizing Offensive Social Engineering For The Air Force, Bryan E. Skarda
Operationalizing Offensive Social Engineering For The Air Force, Bryan E. Skarda
Theses and Dissertations
Social engineering is the art and science of persuading individuals to bypass in place security mechanisms causing the unintended release of information. It is a low tech solution to a high tech problem and is as much an art as a science. As is true of many such solutions, social engineering is both ill-defined yet extremely effective. Its low cost, high payoff nature makes it an extremely attractive alternative to adversaries that do not have access to all the resources of a nation state. However, with full backing, the weapon can become that much more effective. Social engineering is something …