Is Your Mission Critical?

We aren’t dead, yet..

We apologize for the delay on a new post, we had to fire the band of monkeys that write all our posts (something about a labor code violation). But that leaves the question, who am I?

The real reason for us not having new posts available is because we’ve been hard at work preparing for a luncheon on Security for our local Chamber of Commerce. On that note, we chose to write our article this week on an aspect of security that has gone mostly overlooked: Social Engineering.

What is it?
Social Engineering is a form of attack that takes on the human element of security, your employees, or you. The basic premise behind social engineering attacks is rather simple: pretend that you’re someone you aren’t; and lie, lie, lie. For instance, A hacker could call up a pizza place, say he was an unsatisfied customer, and want a replacement pizza. This type of attack hinges on two main points: the person answering the phone is dissatisfied enough with their job that they don’t care to look into the complaint, and it hinges on the ability for the person calling to obtain the trust of the person on the other end of the phone…