Foreword
Perry Carpenter is a highly respected cybersecurity guru who I’ve gotten to know over the last two years. He has 15+ years of experience in the field both as a practitioner and as an analyst. He’s sharp, is incredibly analytical, has a knack for psychology, and is a prolific writer. I first met Perry when he started working at KnowBe4, but I’d heard of him when he was an analyst at Gartner through KnowBe4’s CEO Stu Sjouwerman. Perry and I always play off of one another on webinars that we put on together for KnowBe4. We have a natural chemistry that is sometimes hard to find. A big reason for that natural chemistry is one of the first things that drew me to him—our mutual love of magic. We both have such a fascination with it that we took turns showing each other magic tricks one day.
Social engineering threats have been around since before I was born. Con artists continue to get better. That’s a big reason why I look at security awareness...