Social engineers – today’s ‘Greeks bearing gifts’

PeterWarmka CFE, CPP, CIA-U is managing director atStrategic Risk Management (www.astrategyforrisk.com), based in Orlando, Florida. He previously served as a senior intelligenceofficer with the United States Central Intelligence Agency and has workedabroad extensively, in Europe, Africa and Latin America.

Just as the Trojans of ancient literaturewere intrigued by a giant wooden horse, social engineers are assailingcountless organisations today under seemingly innocent guises. Deceptive entrytechniques are at the crux of the prolific hacking assaults by fraudsters oncommercial entities. Peter Warmka ofStrategic Risk Management exposes social engineering methodology and the mosteffective defences.