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Information Technology has an integral part in our modern society. With the emerging of the new technology comes a new type of crime. This new type of crime is referred as Cyber Crime. In certain types of Cyber Crime, the successful manipulation, respectively "Social Engineering" of people plays an important role. In order to prevent Social Engineering attacks this book contains an universal trainings concept. The trainings concept is based on three main pillars: The Analyses of the Psychological Factors, The Cyber Crime Aspects and The Analysis of the Didactics. The output of all three analytical steps are resulting in the trainings concept In order to make the trainings concept more visual and to give examples for the key elements (training methods), the concept is applied on a fictive company. This company works in the field of Biomedical Engineering.

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Ernst Hoenig has more than 10 years working experience in IT and IT-Security. He holds various IT certifications, including the CISSP and he believes in continuous learning. Ernst has a Bachelor´s Degree in Electronics and Business, a Master´s in IT Security and Information management and a Master´s in Computer Science Management.

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