Physical
Security
Even with robust digital security measures in place, organizations remain vulnerable to social engineering attacks that target human psychology to bypass physical controls. Our Physical Security Social Engineering service evaluates your organization’s resilience against sophisticated in-person social engineering techniques that could lead to unauthorized physical access, data breaches, and theft of sensitive assets.
Why Physical Security Matters
Physical security breaches can have devastating consequences, with unauthorized access potentially leading to data theft, installation of rogue devices, and compromise of critical systems. With studies showing that over 70% of social engineering attempts succeed on the first try, comprehensive physical security testing is essential for:
Evaluating Employee Security Awareness
By measuring how effectively staff follow security protocols when faced with convincing social engineering scenarios designed to manipulate them.
Meeting Compliance and Insurance Requirements
For frameworks like PCI DSS, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 that include physical security controls as essential components of a comprehensive security program.
Testing Physical Access Controls
By identifying weaknesses in visitor management, access badge procedures, secure area monitoring, and other physical security measures.
Preventing Unauthorized Access
Test access to sensitive areas containing critical infrastructure, intellectual property, financial assets, or protected data that requires physical safeguards.
Assessing Incident Response Capabilities
By determining how quickly and effectively security personnel identify and address suspicious behavior, unauthorized access attempts, and security policy violations.
Our Expert Approach
Our comprehensive physical security social engineering methodology evaluates both technical controls and human factors:
Preliminary Research & Planning
We begin by researching your organization’s physical locations, security procedures, employee behaviors, and public information that could be leveraged in social engineering attempts. This intelligence gathering phase mirrors the approach sophisticated attackers would take when targeting your organization.
Scenario Development
Based on our research and your specific security concerns, we develop realistic social engineering scenarios tailored to your organization. These may include impersonation of employees, contractors, or vendors; pretexting as delivery personnel or service providers; or creating other plausible scenarios designed to test specific security controls.
Controlled Execution
Our security experts execute the approved scenarios under careful supervision and within predefined boundaries. All attempts follow strict ethical guidelines with appropriate authorization, ensuring tests are conducted safely while still providing valuable security insights without disrupting normal business operations.
Multifaceted Testing
We evaluate various physical security elements including tailgating prevention, visitor management procedures, access badge protocols, restricted area controls, clean desk policies, document handling practices, and employee security awareness through multiple test scenarios.
Comprehensive Documentation
Throughout the assessment, we document all successful and unsuccessful access attempts, including detailed information on techniques used, controls bypassed, areas accessed, and sensitive assets or information that could have been compromised in a real attack scenario.
Detailed Analysis & Recommendations
You receive comprehensive documentation of our findings, including security gaps identified, successful social engineering techniques, and specific recommendations for improving both technical controls and employee security awareness to strengthen your organization’s resilience against physical social engineering attacks.
Multiple Service Options
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Physical Controls Review
A foundational evaluation of your organization's physical security posture. This service includes limited social engineering scenarios targeting common vulnerabilities, basic security awareness evaluation, and essential recommendations for improving your physical security controls and procedures.
Advanced Assessment
Our recommended approach for most organizations, providing thorough testing of your physical security controls. This service includes multiple social engineering scenarios executed across different locations, times, and departments and comprehensive recommendations for strengthening your physical security program.
Advanced Red Team
For organizations with mature security programs seeking rigorous physical security validation. This service combines sophisticated social engineering techniques with physical bypass attempts, wireless signal interception, device planting scenarios, and other advanced tactics that simulate determined adversaries targeting your physical infrastructure.
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