title: The Social Engineer's Playbook: A Practical Guide to Pretexting
author:  Jeremiah Talamantes 
description: Jeremiah Talamantes is the President of RedTeam Security and the founder and principal security researcher for The Plugbot Project. Jeremiah has nearly 20 years in the IT security industry. He has a Masters degree in Information Security & Assurance and an executive business education from the University of Notre Dame, Mendoza School of Business. Jeremiah is an active security researcher and an adjunct faculty member at Norwich University, College of Graduate Studies in Information Security & Assurance. He has held numerous leadership roles as a CISO and expert consultant to several Fortune 500 companies. He is a CISSP, CCISO, CEH, CHFI and CCENT.
zlib_text: Table of Contents
  
  Cover
  
  Title Page
  
  Copyright
  
  Dedication
  
  About the Author
  
  About the Technical Editor
  
  Credits
  
  Foreword
  
  Preface and Acknowledgments
  
  Chapter 1: A Look into the World of Social Engineering
  
  > Why This Book Is So Valuable
  
  > Overview of Social Engineering
  
  > Summary
  
  Chapter 2: Information Gathering
  
  > Gathering Information
  
  > Sources for Information Gathering
  
  > Communication Modeling
  
  > The Power of Communication Models
  
  Chapter 3: Elicitation
  
  > What Is Elicitation?
  
  > The Goals of Elicitation
  
  > Mastering Elicitation
  
  > Summary
  
  Chapter 4: Pretexting: How to Become Anyone
  
  > What Is Pretexting?
  
  > The Principles and Planning Stages of Pretexting
  
  > Successful Pretexting
  
  > Summary
  
  Chapter 5: Mind Tricks: Psychological Principles Used in Social Engineering
  
  > Modes of Thinking
  
  > Microexpressions
  
  > Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
  
  > Interview and Interrogation
  
  > Building Instant Rapport
  
  > The Human Buffer Overflow
  
  > Summary
  
  Chapter 6: Influence: The Power