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Social engineering (security)

Known as: Social engineering, Social hacker, Pretexts 
Social engineering, in the context of information security, refers to psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging… 
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Highly Cited
2020
Highly Cited
2020
A large literature on ex ante moral hazard in income insurance emphasizes that the individual can affect the probability of an… 
Review
2019
Review
2019
The advancements in digital communication technology have made communication between humans more accessible and instant. However… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Effective information systems security management combines technological measures and managerial efforts. Although various… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Sustainable development is a widely used term, which has been increasingly influential on UK planning, housing and urban policy… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
In this short and deliberately provocative paper I reflect on what seems to be a yawning gulf between the potential contribution… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
The rejection of reliability and validity in qualitative inquiry in the 1980s has resulted in an interesting shift for “ensuring… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
This article defines social resilience as the ability of groups or communities to cope with external stresses and disturbances as… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Meta-analysis was used to examine findings in 2 related areas: experimental research on the physical attractiveness stereotype… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
This article develops a corporate social involvement disclosure scale based on a content analysis of the annual reports of the… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The sociology of science rests on the postulate that the objective truth of the product even in the case of that very particular…