Social Engineering and Human Hacking - Strategies for the Prevention and Defense Against Manipulation Techniques in IT

Discover the psychological tricks and techniques used by human hackers to exploit your personal emotions, traits, and digital behavior patterns in order to deliberately compromise information security. This textbook offers a playful and engaging approach to understanding how social engineering works and how to effectively defend yourself against it. You will also learn how to sharpen your perception, control your emotions, and develop effective defense strategies to protect your data and your organization from attackers' tactics. Equipped with psychological thinking models and counter-strategies, you will be ready to face the challenges of the modern security landscape.