HRM glossary

Deepfake

Audiovisual impersonation of a real person, used as a social engineering vector.

What is Deepfake?

In an awareness context, it runs as a professional service to measure whether staff detect a false instruction that appears to come from leadership.

HRM glossary

Phishing — NIST defines phishing as deceptive messages that trick people into clicking malicious links or downloading software.

Phisher — A phisher is a cybercriminal who tricks people into revealing sensitive information through phishing and social engineering.

Social engineering — Manipulating a person, not a system, to get an action or a piece of data.

QRishing — Phishing via QR code: the lure asks you to scan, not to click a link.

HRM glossary

Questions about Deepfake

What is Deepfake?
Audiovisual impersonation of a real person, used as a social engineering vector.
How does Whalemate use it?
In an awareness context, it runs as a professional service to measure whether staff detect a false instruction that appears to come from leadership.

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