social engineering

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === social engineering (uncountable) (sociology) Use of numerical data to inform social programs. (political science) Efforts to influence attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale, in order to produce desired characteristics in a target population. (computer security) The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection. Meronyms: smishing, phishing, vishing Coordinate term: conning ==== Related terms ==== social engineer ==== Translations ==== === Verb === social engineering present participle and gerund of social engineer === Further reading === social engineering (political science) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia social engineering (security) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia