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The Human Element: Social Engineering Defence Strategies

Introduction

Most breaches begin with a human moment. From spear-phishing to pretexting and deepfakes, social engineering adapts as fast as our tools. In this webinar, Jon France (CISO, ISC2) unpacks modern attacker playbooks and shares human-centric defences that integrate culture, controls, and continuous learning. See how roles and capabilities align to ISC2 certifications like CISSP and SSCP, and where organisations in Education, Corporate Enterprise, and the Public Sector across Africa can focus to reduce risk quickly. Leave with a roadmap for metrics-driven awareness, layered controls, and governance that sticks.

Focus: Defending against phishing, pretexting, and insider threats; certifications (CISSP, SSCP).

Key Takeaways:
– Current social engineering tactics and how to blunt them
– Building resilient human defences: training, process, and technical guardrails
– Certification pathways for Risk Managers, IT Auditors, and Awareness Leads (CISSP, SSCP)

Target Market Sectors: Education, Corporate Enterprises, Public Sector

Who Should Attend: Security Leaders, Risk & Compliance, Risk Managers, IT Auditors, Awareness Leads, IT Ops, HR & Awareness Owners

Speaker Bio:
Jon France, CISSP, CGRC, ChCSP — CISO, ISC2; CSO30 Award winner (2023 & 2024); 25+ years running security teams.

Your greatest risk – and greatest defence – is human.

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