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Social Engineering Simulation Workflow Appliance

  • US 20170264633A1
  • Filed: 06/01/2017
  • Published: 09/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of reducing organizational susceptibility to social engineering, the organization having a plurality of sources, the method comprising:

  • providing a computer appliance;

    providing a computer platform remote from the computer appliance;

    receiving at the computer appliance contact information for a plurality of members of the organization;

    monitoring at the computer appliance each of the sources for triggering events;

    receiving at the computer platform signals from the computer appliance indicative of the detected triggering events and delivery identifiers associated with the triggering events;

    preparing at the computer platform communications including templates based on each of the triggering events, wherein the computer platform is configured to compile information regarding triggering events and to evaluate susceptibility of the organization to social engineering based on the triggering events, and wherein the computer platform does not receive the contact information of the plurality of members from the computer appliance;

    transmitting the communications including templates to the computer appliance;

    identifying at the computer appliance at least one member of the organization as an intended recipient based on a detected triggering event;

    preparing at the computer appliance a message to the intended recipient based on characteristics of the detected triggering event, the message soliciting an action by the intended recipient;

    transmitting the message to the intended recipient;

    determining whether the intended recipient acts as solicited by the message; and

    evaluating the action of the intended recipient.

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