Social Engineering

Empower your workforce to recognize and defend against real-world social engineering threats, from phishing to physical intrusions.

Strengthen Your Human Firewall with Real-World Testing

  • Identify Human Weaknesses

    Test how well your staff recognizes and resists phishing, vishing, and physical breach attempts.

  • Train & Empower Employees

    Reinforce positive security habits and help users build muscle memory to handle real threats.

  • Reduce Real-World Risk

    Lower the chance of breaches by improving security awareness across your workforce.

Our social engineering assessments simulate real-world threat actor behavior to test how susceptible your team is to manipulation, deception, and pressure tactics. These scenarios uncover awareness gaps that compliance training alone often misses.

We use controlled phishing emails, voice-based impersonation (vishing), and physical intrusion attempts to measure employee responses. Each assessment is tailored to your organization and provides detailed insight into what went wrong, what was done well, and how to improve.

The result: a workforce trained, tested, and far more resilient to social engineering attacks, one of the top causes of breaches today.

Assessment Benefits

  • Find and fix human weaknesses before attackers exploit them, with measurable results.
  • Test readiness against phishing, vishing, and physical intrusion attempts.
  • Show where awareness gaps exist and how to close them quickly.
  • Build confident decision-making through realistic, safe attack simulations.
  • Provide simple, targeted steps to improve resilience across the workforce.

Ready to Strengthen Your Human Firewall?

Let Vilkas simulate the tactics of social engineers and help your people become your strongest line of defense.

Social Engineering — FAQ

Clarity on approvals, scope, safety, metrics, and training options.

Do employees get advance notice?▾
You choose. Covert exercises measure true resilience and detection. Overt simulations (announced windows) focus on training and behavior change with less risk of perceived deception. We can also notify leadership and HR while keeping users unaware.
Is this legal and ethical?▾
Yes—when done under a signed SOW/ROE with designated approvals. We use approved pretexts, explicit scoping (no impersonating regulators/medical staff, etc.), and maintain strict privacy and data-handling controls.
What channels can you test?▾
Email phishing, SMS smishing, voice vishing, collaboration app messages, and (optionally) physical scenarios like badge tailgating or drop devices—each scoped and approved in advance.
What metrics do you track?▾
Delivery, open, click, credential submission, report rate, time-to-report, and repeat offender trends. For voice, we track call outcomes and escalation. We provide segment breakdowns and actionable recommendations.
Will simulations disrupt business or alarm staff?▾
We design campaigns to be safe and professional, avoid sensitive themes, and throttle volume. We provide a clear incident-handling path for employees who report and coordinate timing to avoid peak periods.
How many users and how long is a campaign?▾
Typical campaigns target 10–25% of users over 1–2 weeks. Company-wide programs often run quarterly waves. We can align to your culture, risk, and training calendar.
What deliverables do we receive?▾
An executive summary, detailed metrics and user segments, template copies of lures/pretexts, and prioritized recommendations. Optional live training and targeted coaching sessions can be included.
Can you provide training after the exercise?▾
Yes. We deliver role-based training, live debriefs, and quick-reference materials. We can also design ongoing programs with progressively harder scenarios.