Re: Social Engineering

[Clay Ye <clay.ye () gmail com>]

Hi

I also read part of Kevin Mitnick's "the art of deception" (haven't
finished it). I don't think such a program exist, and the best way to
minimize/prevent social engineering is company security policy and
employee training, to keep everyone aware of such ways to get info
from your company. Maybe that's why Kevin Mitnick is busy giving
workshops. (Read from their websites)

Clay Ye

On 12/30/05, coder <elite.coder () ntlworld com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am currently planning on writting a thesis on social engineering, I have
> been fascinated with this subject since I watched Hackers 2/Takedown and
> read Kevin Mitnick's book.
>
> Now before I fully take on this idea, what products currently exist to
> minimize/prevent social engineering? If anyone saw Hackers 2/Takedown,
> Tsutomu Shimomura used a program that could tell him if the person on the
> phone actually exists in a company, does this sort of software exist?
>
> Sorry, if this is in the wrong mailing list, but I didn't see a "Social
> Engineering" mail list ;)
>
> Thanks
>
> ~Davie Elliott

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