Industry Guest Lecture by LGMS Berhad on Social Engineering and Physical Security Penetrating Testing

Mr Jeffrey Low, Senior Cyber Security Consultant from LGMS Berhad, was invited to deliver an industry guest lecture to provide insights about Social Engineering and Physical Security Penetration Testing to Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) in Information Security students on 26 April 2023 from 12 pm to 1:30 pm. The guest lecture on social engineering and physical security testing was an eye-opening and informative presentation that shares about exploiting human behaviour and physical security measures.

Mr Jeffrey shared how social engineering or scam techniques, such as phishing email, phone-call advertising, cracked-software/games, whaling, e-Commerce APK scam and parcel scam, are used to manipulate individuals into divulging sensitive information or gaining unauthorized access to devices.

Additionally, Mr Jeffrey also shared real life case studies about the planning and execution of social engineering and physical security penetration testing to students. The guest lecture was interactive, giving chances to students to ask questions to learn from the industry. The students benefited from the industry guest lecture by having a better understanding of how social engineering and physical security penetration testing can be used to improve organizational security and protect against potential threats.