Social
Engineering
Controlled, multi-vector social engineering assessments — vishing, physical pretexting, tailgating, and impersonation — that expose the human vulnerabilities that technical controls cannot fix.
The most sophisticated technical security stack is compromised daily by a phone call, a held door, or a convincing email pretending to be from IT. Human beings are targeted precisely because they are often the path of least resistance — and because no firewall detects misplaced trust.
Levantis Cyber conducts authorised social engineering assessments that test the full spectrum of human attack vectors: telephone-based manipulation (vishing), SMS-based attacks (smishing), physical access attempts, tailgating, and multi-vector combined campaigns that mirror real advanced threat actors.
Our assessments are conducted by experienced operators with backgrounds in intelligence, red team operations, and human behaviour research. We build credible pretexts from real OSINT, test under conditions that approximate genuine attacks, and deliver findings that translate directly into measurable risk reduction.
Intelligence Gathering
Passive OSINT collection on your organisation — staff names, roles and reporting lines, internal tooling, current projects, supplier relationships, office locations, and physical security posture. This intelligence forms the foundation of credible pretexts and identifies the highest-value targets for each attack vector.
Pretext Development
Scenario design tailored to the engagement objectives — IT support impersonation, supplier or partner pretexts, delivery personnel, auditors, fire safety officers, or law enforcement. Each pretext is stress-tested for plausibility and backstopped with supporting infrastructure where required (spoofed caller ID, cover documentation, etc.).
Controlled Execution
Vishing calls placed to target staff, testing susceptibility to credential disclosure, system access provision, information leakage, and instruction-following. Smishing campaigns testing SMS-based credential and data harvesting. All calls and interactions are recorded with appropriate consent from your authorising officer.
Physical Access Testing
Where in scope, physical pretexting to test building access controls, tailgating susceptibility, reception challenge procedures, and visitor management. Assessment of clean desk policies, unattended terminals, physical document security, and staff behaviour when challenged by an unfamiliar person claiming authority.
Analysis & Reporting
A detailed findings report covering what succeeded, what was resisted, what security behaviours your staff demonstrated, and which teams or sites present the greatest human risk. Recommendations are prioritised and graded by exploitability and potential impact, with specific training and procedural remediation guidance.
Most organisations understand phishing risk but underestimate the effectiveness of telephone-based and physical attacks. Vishing success rates consistently exceed email phishing — a confident caller with credible context can obtain credentials, system access, or sensitive data in minutes.
Physical pretexting tests reveal that tailgating and piggybacking remain alarmingly effective even in organisations with strong technical controls. Testing these vectors in a controlled, authorised manner is the only reliable way to understand your true exposure and justify investment in human-layer security improvement.