STORIES FROM THE CYBERSECURITY TRENCHES: Through the Front Door for the Price of a Baker’s Dozen

Learn how a box of donuts and a smile helped GuidePoint Security’s Victor Wieczorek socially engineer his way into a restricted area.

Businesses hold a lot of sensitive information. But what many companies forget is that security awareness training needs to go beyond standard email and phone-call phishing scams to include the types of tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) threat actors are using to gain physical access to sensitive and restricted building areas. In this video, Victor Wieczorek, Vice President of AppSec and Threat & Attack Simulation at GuidePoint Security, shares his experience working in a physical threat and attack simulation environment.

• Learn why the physical security is equally as important as cybersecurity
• Recognize some of the tricks threat actors use to gain physical access to buildings
• Understand why employees need to balance guest hospitality with a healthy caution for all non-employee visitors
• Learn how a stranger with a box of donuts or bricks can access even the most secure building areas