Social engineering and physical security assessments evaluate how well your organization defends against attacks that target people and physical access controls rather than technical systems. These tests identify weaknesses in security awareness, access procedures and physical barriers before malicious actors exploit them.
Social Engineering Testing
Social engineering tests simulate real-world manipulation tactics - phishing, vishing, pretexting and impersonation. This evaluates how employees respond to suspicious requests, whether they follow security procedures and if they report attacks. Unlike generic awareness training, these assessments reveal which techniques work against your organization and where your security awareness program has gaps.
Physical Security Assessment
Physical security assessments evaluate whether access controls, surveillance, personnel and barriers actually prevent unauthorized access. Assessors attempt to breach restricted areas through tailgating, badge cloning, lock bypassing and procedural gaps.
Combined Human and Physical Attack Scenarios
The most effective assessments combine social engineering with physical testing, since even expensive access controls can be defeated by an employee holding a door open. These scenarios test your defense-in-depth approach and identifies where security layers overlap, where gaps exist and whether human or physical controls compensate when the other fails.
Who Benefits
Organizations with compliance requirements around physical security, companies storing sensitive data in physical facilities, businesses with valuable physical assets or enterprises wanting to measure security awareness program effectiveness all benefit from these assessments.