Trust Is the Weakest Link

Social engineering is the art of manipulating people so they give up confidential information.For example, it is much easier to fool someone into giving you their password than it is for you to try hacking their password.Security is all about knowing who and what to trust. Knowing when, and when not to, to take a person at their word;when to trust that the person you are communicating with is indeed the person you think you are communicating with; when to trust that a website is or isn’t legitimate; when to trust that the person on the phone is or isn’t legitimate; when providing your information is or isn’t a good idea.