Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Cert Guide

Chapter 13. Physical Security and Social Engineering

This chapter covers the following topics:

Physical security: Much of this book has addressed attacks against logical security, but physical security is just as important. Penetration testing against physical targets is a common testing component.

Social engineering: Most of the biggest attacks that have occurred over the past 10 to 15 years have been either physical/social or logical/social components. Social engineering is a common attack vector.

This chapter differs from previous chapters in ...