What is Social Engineering?

<p><strong>About our guests:</strong></p><p>Dr Kevin Steinmetz</p><p><a href="https://www.k-state.edu/sasw/faculty/steinmetz.html">https://www.k-state.edu/sasw/faculty/steinmetz.html</a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mEgRonIAAAAJ&hl=en">https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mEgRonIAAAAJ&hl=en</a></p><p>Prof Nicolas Vermeys</p><p><a href="https://www.vermeys.com/"><strong>https://www.vermeys.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Papers or resources mentioned in this episode:</strong></p><p>Steinmetz, K. F., & Henderson, H. (2012). Hip-Hop and Procedural Justice: Hip-Hop Artists’ Perceptions of Criminal Justice. <i>Race and Justice</i>, <i>2</i>(3), 155–178. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/2153368712443969">https://doi.org/10.1177/2153368712443969</a></p><p>Kevin F. Steinmetz (2023) Executing Effective Social Engineering Penetration Tests: A Qualitative Analysis,Journal of Applied Security Research, 18:2, 246-266, DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/19361610.2021.2002119">10.1080/19361610.2021.2002119</a></p><p>Steinmetz, K. F., & Holt, T. J. (2023). Falling for Social Engineering: A Qualitative Analysis of Social Engineering Policy Recommendations. <i>Social Science Computer Review</i>, <i>41</i>(2), 592–607. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393221117501">https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393221117501</a></p><p>Goffman, E. (2002). The presentation of self in everyday life. 1959. <i>Garden City, NY</i>, <i>259</i>.</p><p>Agnew, R. (2006). Pressured into crime: An overview of general strain theory.</p><p><strong>Other:</strong></p><p>This episode was in part edited using a text based audio editing which is an interesting application of machine learning technology to software.</p>