FINAL INFOGRAPHIC! Inspired by the fascinating social engineering presentation given in lectures, for my final poster, I wanted to bring literacy of social engineering techniques to a wider audience.
In particular, social engineering is a critical topic for the general public to understand, as it is something that can directly involve people in almost any setting regardless of degree of technical literacy or degree of seniority, and even knowledgeable, intelligent people are still vulnerable. It could be a doctor, a receptionist, a cashier, a security guard, a software engineer, whoever.
Key to this was first defining social engineering, then highlighting the 5 key ‘vectors’ of social engineering as well as the lifecycle of a social engineering attack. Ultimately, if people understand the anatomy of an attack and the key tactics that can be used, the hope is that this content will instil a greater awareness of interactions with people we do not know well.