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Social Engineering Assessment

Social Engineering Assessment.

Pretexting, vishing, impersonation and tailgating scenarios designed by our red team to test your human attack surface beyond standard phishing simulations. We design scenarios specific to your industry and threat profile — impersonating regulators, vendors, IT support, and business partners to test whether your people make the decisions that protect your organisation.

  • Bespoke pretexting scenarios specific to your industry, suppliers and threat profile.
  • Vishing (voice phishing) campaigns targeting your staff directly by telephone.
  • In-person impersonation and tailgating to test physical access controls.
  • Full debrief with actionable training recommendations for every failure point.

Bespoke

Scenarios Per Engagement

Voice

Phishing Included

Physical

Intrusion Optional

100

Percent Authorised

What You Will Get

A detailed assessment of your human attack surface with specific failure points identified, the scenarios that succeeded, the pretexts that worked, and tailored training recommendations for each department and role that was tested.

Pretexting Campaigns

Bespoke scenarios impersonating regulators, IT support, vendors and business partners -- designed from OSINT gathered on your specific organisation.

Vishing (Phone Phishing)

Targeted voice phishing calls to staff -- testing whether employees disclose credentials, system information or sensitive data to a convincing attacker on the phone.

Physical Impersonation

In-person scenarios testing reception, security and staff responses to unannounced visitors, contractor impersonation and badge access requests.

USB Drop Campaign

Planted USB devices in car parks and common areas -- testing whether staff connect unknown devices to company computers.

OSINT-Driven Targeting

All scenarios designed using open-source intelligence gathered on your organisation -- supplier names, staff names, internal systems and recent company news.

Training Recommendations

Specific training recommendations for every failure point. Department-level and role-level breakdown of vulnerabilities. Awareness programme design support.

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How We Conduct Social Engineering Tests

  • OSINT & Pretext Development

    We gather open-source intelligence on your organisation, employees, vendors and suppliers to build highly credible social engineering pretexts tailored to your specific environment and sector.

  • Multi-Vector Campaign Execution

    Phishing, vishing (phone), smishing (SMS) and physical pretexting campaigns executed in agreed waves. Every interaction documented with timestamps, method used and staff response recorded.

  • Metrics & Susceptibility Report

    Click rates, credential submission rates, callback rates and physical compliance rates broken down by department, role and seniority. Every interaction is evidence in your report.

  • Remediation & Training

    Targeted remediation recommendations for high-risk departments. Awareness training materials provided. Re-simulation available to validate improvement after training is delivered.

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Other Red Team Services

Red Team Assessment

Goal-based adversary simulation using MITRE ATT&CK framework. Blue team stays in the dark throughout.

Phishing Simulation

Credential harvesting, macro delivery and spear phishing campaigns to test your human attack surface.

Physical Security Testing

On-site intrusion testing -- badge cloning, tailgating, lock bypass and physical access control assessment.

Security Awareness Training

Build a phishing-resistant workforce. Role-based training and simulated campaigns from AllSafe.

VAPT Services

Full web, mobile, API, network and cloud penetration testing -- every attack surface covered.

Why Social Engineering Testing Is Essential

95 percent of successful cyber attacks begin with social engineering. Your firewalls, EDR, and SIEM cannot stop an employee who has been manipulated into handing over credentials or approving a fraudulent payment. The only way to know if your people are your weakest link is to test them — exactly as a real attacker would.


Realistic Attack Simulation

We use the same techniques as real threat actors -- tailored pretexts, OSINT-based targeting and multi-vector campaigns.

OSINT-Based Targeting

We research your organisation, employees and vendors to build highly credible pretexts that a real attacker would use against you.

Measurable Results

Click rates, credential submission rates, callback rates and physical access rates -- all quantified in your report.

Awareness Training Integration

Results feed directly into your security awareness programme -- targeted training for the employees and departments that need it most.

No Destructive Actions

All testing conducted under a signed Rules of Engagement. We never install malware or take destructive actions during simulation exercises.

Regulator Accepted

Reports accepted by RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and all major Indian regulatory bodies. Structured for regulatory submission.


The Cost of Untested Human Defences

A single successful social engineering attack costs an average Indian organisation Rs 17.9 crore — and that is before DPDPA 2023 penalties for inadequate staff training. The attacker who manipulated your finance team into a wire transfer does not appear in your firewall logs. Your SIEM never fires. The breach happens entirely through your people, and the only way to prevent it is to test and train them before a real attacker does.

95%

of Breaches Start with Social Engineering

Rs 250 Cr

Max DPDPA 2023 Penalty

Rs 17.9 Cr

Avg Indian Breach Cost

30 Sec

Avg Time to First Click on Phish

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are your tests authorised and legal?

Yes. Every social engineering engagement operates under a signed Rules of Engagement document that defines the scope, scenarios, excluded targets and legal authorisation. We never target individuals without written authorisation from the organisation. All activity is fully documented and attributable.

Will you notify staff who failed the test?

Individual staff results are handled with sensitivity. Our default approach is to provide aggregate departmental reporting without naming individuals. If individual coaching is required for specific high-risk roles, this is handled by HR and training teams rather than in the assessment report.

Are your reports accepted by RBI, SEBI and IRDAI?

Yes. Our audit reports are structured to meet the specific submission requirements of the relevant regulatory framework your organisation operates under — including the Reserve Bank of India, SEBI, IRDAI, and all other major Indian regulators. We have a 100 percent acceptance record across all regulatory submissions.

Can we specify which scenarios to include?

Yes. We work with you to define the scenario mix — which vectors to test (phone, in-person, USB), which departments to target, and which scenarios to exclude. Some organisations want to test all vectors; others focus on the specific methods most relevant to their threat profile.

Do you guarantee zero false positives?

Yes. Every finding in our report has been manually verified and proven exploitable with a working proof-of-concept. We never submit raw automated scanner output. If a scanner raises an issue that cannot be confirmed through manual testing it is excluded entirely from the final report.

What happens after the engagement to improve our defences?

After the engagement concludes we run a full debrief — walking your security team through every technique used, every detection that fired (or failed to fire), and every improvement recommended. An optional purple team session translates red team findings directly into SIEM rule improvements, detection logic updates and incident response playbook enhancements. Follow-up engagements are available to validate improvement.

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Ready to Find Out Whether Your People Are Your Weakest Link?

Free 30-minute scoping call — fixed-price proposal within 24 hours. No commitment required.

RBI  •  SEBI  •  IRDAI  •  DPDPA DATA PROTECTION BOARD