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.
About our guests:
Dr Kevin Steinmetz
https://www.k-state.edu/sasw/faculty/steinmetz.html
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mEgRonIAAAAJ&hl=en
Prof Nicolas Vermeys
Papers 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/10.1177/2153368712443969
Kevin F. Steinmetz (2023) Executing Effective Social Engineering Penetration Tests: A Qualitative Analysis,Journal of Applied Security Research, 18:2, 246-266, DOI: 10.1080/19361610.2021.2002119
Steinmetz, 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/10.1177/08944393221117501
Goffman, 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.
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This episode was in part edited using a text based audio editing which is an interesting application of machine learning technology to software.