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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon
from Wiley
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Frightening 
Read this book or become a victim! Not only will you learn the how's and why's of social engineering, but you will also be thoroughly entertained by Mitnick's stories. Everyone in the security field should consider The Art of Deception required reading. Let me rephrase that - everyone should be required to read this book. Period.
This would be a great book to recommend to your employees as part of security awareness training. The text is accessible and drives the message home that social engineering is... more info
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Social Engineering 101 - Read It or Become a Victim
"The Art of Deception" was recommended to me by an instructor teaching a CISSP prep class. It is both an enjoyable and informative read. Mitnik is the "real deal" in exploiting social engineering techniques and his books should be required reading by corporate security policy makers (and I am sure it is for many already).
This book illustrates various techniques for bypassing established corporate physical and information security security policies. I have actually inadvertently used some of these... more info
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Awesome book
This is a complex read, not that it has good literary qualities, but in that it is packed with information that relates to other information within the book, and gaining an overall "bigger-picture" understanding of the concepts withing this book requires multiple readings.
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It's just excellent
Adequate for noobs and pros to understand how important social engineering in our security is, this applied not only in software; you can relate it with anything in your live.
Highly recommended
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