Principles of Information Security (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 19RQ
Program Plan Intro
Social engineering:
Social engineering is a technique of manipulating people psychology to make them perform some actions or to get the confidential information about an organization or group. It is used to gather the confidential information, fraud and to gain access of the system.
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