The social engineering 'problem' and why security awareness training alone will not save you!
Date: 15:00 BST, Tue 19 July
Background
The dual-issues of users' perceived weaknesses and lack of information/cyber security awareness are regarded by many as ever-increasing problems within organisations, backed up in a number of recent surveys.
This webinar will explore the issue of social engineering and discuss attack motivations, methods and approaches, and why social engineering attacks work. Given that many organisations use security awareness/education programmes to mitigate the perceived problems, a case will be made as to why awareness/education courses on their own will not solve the problem.
Speaker
Andy Humphrys CISSP, Information Security Consultant, SYNOVUM LTD
Andy Humphrys is an independent IT and information security professional, who has worked with clients in both public and private sectors (career highlights have included management of major IT projects with NATO in Kosovo & Afghanistan), in addition to providing pro-bono consultancy services to the charity sector.
Andy is a PRINCE2 'Registered Practitioner' with additional qualifications including Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, together with CompTIA's Network+ & Security+. Having passed the (ISC)2 CISSP exam in early 2016 and gaining the CISSP certification, Andy is currently working to complete his MSc in Information Security with Royal Holloway University later this year, with a thesis centred around the theme of 'The human elements of information security'. He is also scheduled to take the ISACA CISM exam in Sep 2016.
Andy was elected as a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists in 2014 and is an active member of the Security, Projects, and Government Panels. He is a member of both ISSA and ISACA and regularly attends industry events including the monthly RANT (Risk and Network Threat) forum.
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This webinar is in partnership with EM360
