Friday 17th November 2023

11.00 – 12.00 – Talk

The weakest link in any security chain is human beings. Social engineering tries to exploit this weakness by leveraging on the psychological aspects of human behaviour, such as vanity, greed, curiosity, selfishness, and fear of authority to induce people to disclose information or enable access to a computer system. Criminals use social engineering as it is easier to induce a person to reveal their passwords than it is to obtain this information through hacking techniques.

This is why the creation of awareness and awareness-raising on all these aspects becomes crucial. Just as important is the creation of a Professional Competence Development System capable of supporting and preventing possible criticalities. We will discuss this with leading industry representatives and specialised bodies.

· What is Social Engineering and how to prevent it?

· The role of education and training in cybersecurity