Mentor/s
Sajal Bhatia
Participation Type
Paper Talk
Abstract
In today’s current information security ecosystem, hardware and software securities have made the professions of hackers and threat actors harder in achieving their goals. Hackers and threat actors are now increasingly using social engineering tactics in the face of increasing technical security technologies. Social engineering tactics utilizes psychological manipulation techniques to circumvent technical security systems. While every year there are vast leaps in technical security systems, one critical dynamic still needs a dire upgrade to their operating system. The human dynamic and our innate psychological processing algorithms need a new approach to mitigating and stopping social engineering attacks. Higher education institutions are prime target for social engineering engagement missions. Universities and colleges across the world house a great number of diverse faculties, students, alumni, and employees in their ecosystem. When taken into account the increasing number of inclusions of international individuals, it only increases the existing dynamic vulnerable landscape. The authors of this paper proposes utilizing social engineering awareness training with specialized crafted scenarios focused on real-world techniques geared toward a higher education environment to combat social engineering attacks. This paper will gather a pre-awareness survey of a sample student, faculty, and employee body to assess the level of awareness. The results will be compared to a post-awareness survey to assess the effectiveness of social engineering awareness and training.
Location
Digital Commons
Start Day/Time
4-24-2020 2:00 PM
End Day/Time
4-24-2020 4:00 PM
Prize Categories
Best Writing (formerly called the Writing Across the Curriculum prize; the final submission date to be considered for this award is Apr 1)
Higher Education Social Engineering Attack Scenario, Awareness & Training Mode
Digital Commons
In today’s current information security ecosystem, hardware and software securities have made the professions of hackers and threat actors harder in achieving their goals. Hackers and threat actors are now increasingly using social engineering tactics in the face of increasing technical security technologies. Social engineering tactics utilizes psychological manipulation techniques to circumvent technical security systems. While every year there are vast leaps in technical security systems, one critical dynamic still needs a dire upgrade to their operating system. The human dynamic and our innate psychological processing algorithms need a new approach to mitigating and stopping social engineering attacks. Higher education institutions are prime target for social engineering engagement missions. Universities and colleges across the world house a great number of diverse faculties, students, alumni, and employees in their ecosystem. When taken into account the increasing number of inclusions of international individuals, it only increases the existing dynamic vulnerable landscape. The authors of this paper proposes utilizing social engineering awareness training with specialized crafted scenarios focused on real-world techniques geared toward a higher education environment to combat social engineering attacks. This paper will gather a pre-awareness survey of a sample student, faculty, and employee body to assess the level of awareness. The results will be compared to a post-awareness survey to assess the effectiveness of social engineering awareness and training.
Students' Information
Thai Nguyen.
Second Prize, WAC Writing Prize (Best Writing)