Vigilance and awareness are key to self-protection.

9 Jun 2023 · 0 min

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This content was created by Robert Siciliano. This content was uploaded by Robert Siciliano. This is a YouTube video titled "Vigilance and awareness are key to self-protection." (published 2023-06-09) containing a short spoken segment in which a single speaker discusses social-engineering risks and personal security: identifying trigger points and vulnerabilities, not automatically trusting inbound communications (including visitors at the door), and maintaining a healthy level of cynicism to recognize risk. Metadata includes the YOUTUBE content type and a thumbnail URL: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KtVyLXs-EuM/maxresdefault.jpg.

There is a sucker in every one of us. What are our trigger points? What are our vulnerabilities? And how might a bad guy get access to us in a number of different ways? You can't just automatically trust that every inbound communication, even somebody knocking on your front door, is gonna be legit. You have to be somewhat cynical, not being paranoid, but recognizing risk every single time an inbound communication comes in.