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First International Social Engineering Elective in collaboration with Cameroon

On 18th December, we successfully closed the first iteration of our “Social Engineering” Course in collaboration with SwissLink University of Cameroon. We were delighted to look back on our 6-week learning journey, where we had both a great learning about the topic of social engineering and a highly valuable intercultural exchange.Our joint closing session started out with a welcome by Dr. Carlson – the Head of SwissLink University. He thanked the lecturer team from the Competence Center Digital Trust for offering the joint course and expressed his strong interest in intensifying the collaboration in the future.Following, Hermann Grieder conducted summarized the key aspects of social engineering. A highly relevant concept was the Social Engineering Kill Chain that depicts the steps of social engineering attack from the first investigation until termination.A special topic in the intercultural context was Mobile Money Fraud, which is a high risk in Cameroon. The Swiss students…
22. Dezember 2023

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