{"id":11773,"date":"2025-04-25T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=11773"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:25:09","slug":"social-engineering","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/glossary\/social-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Definition:<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Tactics to trick individuals into revealing sensitive information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Did you know?<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 70% of data breaches start with <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Scams impersonating trusted entities to steal personal data via digital means.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/glossary\/phishing\/\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>phishing<\/a> or <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Tactics to trick individuals into revealing sensitive information.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/glossary\/social-engineering\/\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>social engineering<\/a> attacks, highlighting the critical role human behavior plays in <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Protection of systems and data from digital threats through secure practices.&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/glossary\/cybersecurity\/\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>cybersecurity<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><em> <em><em><em><em><em><em>Proofpoint<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><br><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tactics to trick individuals into revealing sensitive information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[],"glossary-tags":[],"class_list":["post-11773","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/11773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/11773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15396,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/11773\/revisions\/15396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=11773"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youthdemocracycohort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=11773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}