English-Dutch translations for social engineering

Definition of social engineering

  • Use of numerical data to inform social programs
  • Efforts to influence attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale, in order to produce desired characteristics in a target population
  • The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection

Examples

  • Using social engineering, the new cardinal has efficiently re-arranged the Churchs outreach.
  • "This is Your Brain on Drugs" was a humorous failure at social engineering.
  • After our hacking attempts failed, we tried social engineering, walking into the building and claiming we had to do some urgent work in the server room.

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