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Asgent Announces Leader in Social Engineering Frameworks to Teach “Social Engineering Workshop”

February 27, 2014
Asgent, Inc.
（JASDAQ：4288）

Asgent, Inc. (President & CEO: Takahiro Sugimoto, located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo), a pioneer in network security and operations management solutions, announces that Christopher Hadnagy, the leader in Social Engineering frameworks, will teach a “Social Engineering Workshop”, targeted at risk management, internal audit and security administrators within companies and other organizations.

Targeted attacks were amongst the most talked about security incidents over the last year. The technical aspects of these attacks that involve the utilization of IT technology often attract the most attention, but it is “Social Engineering” that is used as a prelude to these targeted attacks to gather information by manipulating people into performing actions by themselves that they otherwise would not perform. There are many reported cases where the personal and confidential information gathered is in turn used to carry out advanced sophisticated attacks.

Regardless of how superior the security technology may be, it must still be managed by people. Social Engineering is the art of psychologically manipulating people to perform actions desired by the attacker in order to gain information. Spear Phishing, which is one type of targeted attack, is a method of Social Engineering and is an example of an attack that utilizes IT technology. From this viewpoint, it can be said that taking measures to prevent Social Engineering is the first step towards creating an information security beachhead against attacks.

In March 2013, Asgent held a seminar entitled “Evolving Targeted Attacks and the Reality Behind Human Hacking”, headed by Christopher Hadnagy and Kevin Mitnick, leaders in the field of Social Engineering. Amongst the high praise for the seminar from those who attended were calls for specialized Social Engineering training. To meet these demands, Asgent has made the decision to perform workshop-style training.

Christopher Hadnagy, who spoke at the seminar mentioned above, will be the instructor for this training. Christopher Hadnagy is a leader in the Social Engineering field, having created a structured framework for Social Engineering and performing training and user-focused education to help prevent people from becoming victims of Social Engineering-related crime. He has spoken on Social Engineering at famous security conferences such as the RSA Conference, SANS and Black Hat etc. and has a well renowned consulting service performing training and penetration testing overseas.

The objective of this training is to have the participants understand the psychological theory and methodology behind Social Engineering in order to protect their organization from Social Engineering threats.

The “Social Engineering Workshop” will be held on April 22-23, and will cost \300,000 (excl. tax) per participant. There will be a maximum number of 30 participants for this training.

【Social Engineering Workshop Outline】

Objective:

Understand the psychological theory and methodology behind Social Engineering in order to protect the organization from Social Engineering threats.

Target:

Risk management, internal audit and security administrators within companies and other organizations.
*Interpreter will be provided, so knowledge of English is not necessary.

Date:

April 22 (Tues.) - 23 (Wed.)

Venue:

Asgent, Inc. 13F Seminar Room (6-4 Akashicho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)

Participants:

30

Fee:

\300,000 (tax excl.)

Applications:

Applications can be made from Asgent website
(http://www.asgent.co.jp/Seminar/)

Agenda:

1. Self-Analysis and Communication using “DISC” Theory
Understand your own communication style by performing personality profiling exercises based on psychological theory.

2. Advanced Approach Techniques
Experience using a workshop-style methodology how to create rapport and trust relationships with others and use that relationship to elicit information.

3. Influence and Manipulation
Social Engineering methods will be explained using case studies.

4. Preventative Measures for Social Engineering
Learn about preventative measures you can take to protect yourself and your organization from Social Engineering attacks.

【Speaker Profile】

Christopher Hadnagy

The foremost leader in Social Engineering frameworks and speaker on Social Engineering at well renowned security conferences such as the RSA Conference, SANS and Black Hat etc., he also performs consulting services such as Social Engineering training and penetration tests for enterprise and government-related customers, and holds the annual “Social Engineering Capture The Flag (SECTF)” contest at Defcon. His works include “Social Engineering” (Nikkei BP, Published 2012).

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