Social Engineering
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Note: work must be original. No plagiarism. Paper should be 1.5 pages in length single space.
Both Anderson in Security Engineering and Mitnick in Ghost in the Wires refer to social engineering as a critical aspect of cyber security. Search the Internet to find two examples of cyber security breaches that exemplify the concept of social engineering as discussed by both authors. Note that you can, if you wish, use the same examples for this week’s Discussion forum.
Apply Anderson’s and Mitnick’s discussions of the role of social engineering to the activities described in your examples. In your paper, address each of the following items:
Briefly describe the two examples of security breaches and describe the role played by social engineering in bringing them about.
Define and analyze the concept of social engineering in the contexts of both of your examples.
Offer suggestions regarding how the victims of both incidents could have protected against the social engineering component of the security breach.
Cite statements made about social engineering by Anderson and Mitnick and discuss whether and how the two authors’ different perspectives on the conception of social engineering provide different insights into your examples.
Explain why social engineering is an important consideration in the field of cyber security.
Support your analysis by citing specific statements about social engineering by both authors and at least one additional credible or scholarly source. Paper should be 1.5 pages in length single space, with document and citation formatting per APA Requirements.
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