Social Engineering Is not how to teach security to your colleagues
2023-08-17 , Milliways Workshop Dome
Language: English

Social engineering has always had a place in infosec/ computer security concerns, but does it have a place in your office?


Social engineering and education techniques may look like the same thing from afar. They are not. This talk is about what from social engineering can be useful for teaching your colleagues better security practices, which parts can backfire, and how actual educational and behavior change theory provides much better alternatives.

See also: Slide deck (714.7 KB)

Rose Regina started running security training well before Snowden and since then has done many things at a bunch places, like the Software Freedom Law Center, Mozilla, Tactical Tech, and New Design Congress.