{"id":21328,"date":"2022-08-22T11:02:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T09:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.p707480.webspaceconfig.de\/?p=21328"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:38:12","slug":"social-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.p707480.webspaceconfig.de\/en\/security-en\/social-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Social engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What is social engineering?<\/h1>\n<p>Social engineering describes the influencing of certain people to bring about a desired behavior. In information technology, it refers to the professional influencing of key positions in companies, thereby granting access to sensitive company data and thus engaging in industrial espionage. <\/p>\n<h2>How can you recognize social engineering?<\/h2>\n<p>One example is the alleged system administrator who calls an employee due to a system error. The system administrator needs the employee&#8217;s password to fix the problem. The victim always acts in the belief that they are doing the right thing. This makes it easier for the perpetrators to penetrate companies.   <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/authenticator.reiner-sct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/social-768x513.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authenticator.reiner-sct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/social-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/authenticator.reiner-sct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/social-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/authenticator.reiner-sct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/social-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/authenticator.reiner-sct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/social.jpg 1097w\" alt=\"social\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\"><\/p>\n<h3>How can I protect myself?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Block access to the computer<\/li>\n<li>Do not write down passwords<\/li>\n<li>Check the emails you receive critically<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How can I protect myself?<\/h3>\n<p>It is clear that the main responsibility for the security of the company&#8217;s IT lies with the departments responsible for it. Nevertheless, every employee can help to protect against security incidents by acting carefully and prudently. Therefore, take advantage of the information your employer offers on the subject of IT security. After all, this will not only help you in business, but also in your private life.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading time: 1 minute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Social engineering - REINER SCT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.p707480.webspaceconfig.de\/en\/security-en\/social-engineering\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Social engineering - 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