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Personnel Security and Procedures

  • Core concept: The majority of crime is committed by insiders.
  • Core concept: A common intrusion method is "social engineering," in which outside persons act like insiders to gain trust.
  • What opportunities exist to determine the trustworthiness of personnel? What are desirable?
    • What options exist for performing a background check?
    • What procedures would help to identify employees who might be a risk?
    • Where to draw the line at invasion of privacy
  • What types of things can you find out as an employer, employee, social engineer or otherwise curious person about organizations or people? Take a look on the Web for organizations that do personnel background checks; try Pallorium for a quick link.
  • Listen to the H2K talk on "Social Engineering" via the H2K post-conference site

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Prof. Greg Newby