Unmasking the social Engineer

**Learn to identify the social engineer by non-verbal behavior**

*Unmasking the Social Engineer: The Human Element of Security* focuses on combining the science of understanding non-verbal communications with the knowledge of how social engineers, scam artists and con men use these skills to build feelings of trust and rapport in their targets. The author helps readers understand how to identify and detect social engineers and scammers by analyzing their non-verbal behavior. *Unmasking the Social Engineer* shows how attacks work, explains nonverbal communications, and demonstrates with visuals the connection of non-verbal behavior to social engineering and scamming.

* Clearly combines both the practical and technical aspects of social engineering security * Reveals the various dirty tricks that scammers use * Pinpoints what to look for on the nonverbal side to detect the social engineer

Sharing proven scientific methodology for reading, understanding, and deciphering non-verbal communications, *Unmasking the Social Engineer* arms readers with the knowledge needed to help protect their organizations.

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**Combining the science of nonverbal communications with the art of social engineering**

Social engineers are experts at getting people to do what they want. The step-by-step instructions in this book will put you in a place to get what *you* want by understanding what people *aren't* telling you. Christopher Hadnagy, Dr. Paul Ekman, and Paul Kelly have joined forces to explain how social engineering works and how you can prevent it. Security is more than just defending against people with malicious intent. It's about using your knowledge of social engineering and "human hacking" to stay in control of every situation.

**Learn to instantly identify nonverbal communication**

* Read people's body language and facial expressions * Learn how malicious hackers gain your trust * Think like a "human hacker" * Understand the security vulnerabilities beyond your IT infrastructure * Review real-world case studies with detailed photos of typical non-verbal behaviors of the social engineer * Develop the knowledge and skills to neutralize the growing threat from malicious social engineers