What is Social Engineering?

from Cybercrimeology · host Kevin Steinmetz, Nicolas Vermeys

About our guests:Dr Kevin Steinmetzhttps://www.k-state.edu/sasw/faculty/steinmetz.htmlhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mEgRonIAAAAJ&hl=enProf Nicolas Vermeyshttps://www.vermeys.comPapers or resources mentioned in this episode:Steinmetz, K. F., & Henderson, H. (2012). Hip-Hop and Procedural Justice: Hip-Hop Artists’ Perceptions of Criminal Justice. Race and Justice, 2(3), 155–178. https://doi.org/10.1177/2153368712443969Kevin F. Steinmetz (2023) Executing Effective Social Engineering Penetration Tests: A Qualitative Analysis,Journal of Applied Security Research, 18:2, 246-266, DOI: 10.1080/19361610.2021.2002119Steinmetz, K. F., & Holt, T. J. (2023). Falling for Social Engineering: A Qualitative Analysis of Social Engineering Policy Recommendations. Social Science Computer Review, 41(2), 592–607. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393221117501Goffman, E. (2002). The presentation of self in everyday life. 1959. Garden City, NY, 259.Agnew, R. (2006). Pressured into crime: An overview of general strain theory.Other:This episode was in part edited using a text based audio editing which is an interesting application of machine learning technology to software.

What this episode covers

Social Engineering is something what we hear about a lot in the context of cybersecurity and cybercrimes, but what is it ? Dr Kevin Steinmetz from Kansas State University joins us to talk about Social Engineering as well as his hopes for the ASC Division of Cybercrime. Professor Nicolas Vermeys joins us to answer a silly question about the terminology used in cybercrime law.