Social Engineering: Training The Human Firewall

Presented at BSidesLV 2023, Aug. 8, 2023, 2:30 p.m. (25 minutes)

Phishing is one of the leading cyber attacks worldwide, resulting in numerous social engineering training exercises to train average users to defend against these attacks. This discussion focuses on research that took a pool of users with three different phishing campaigns, each of these campaigns focused on a different threat. The purpose of the study is to find the psychological reasoning as to why users click phish. The results will teach the audience how to measure risk, improve security education, and understand the users in their business.

Presenters:

  • Reanna Schultz
    Reanna Schultz is from Kansas City, Missouri where she attended the University of Central Missouri (UCM). Reanna graduated in 2018 with her Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity: Secure Software Development and later graduated in 2020 with her Master of Science in Cybersecurity: Information Assurance. While in the industry, Reanna has been exposed to numerous SANS-hosted classes and has a background in endpoint security engineering and network security engineering. Reanna works as a Team Lead out of a Security Operations Center (SOC) at Garmin and as a part-time cybersecurity instructor at UCM. Reanna currently volunteers as a coach for the National Cyber League. Additionally, Reanna guest speaks at numerous colleges and high schools discussing her industry experience across the Midwest for cyber and computer science students.

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