In S2 E3 of What The Hack we look into social engineering, and how security teams have to protect themselves as well as their organisations. Our guests, CISO and security leader Didar Gelici and editorial director of Dolphin Publishing Sander Almekinders, hear a confession around social attacks, knowing your tools, and how to keep your operations protected against ransomware.

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What The Hack is hosted by Rayna Stamboliyska and this episode's special guests are Didar Gelici and Sander Almekinders.

Didar Gelici is an award winning tech and security leader that has led teams at the likes of Just Eat, Travelex and Commonwealth Bank. Alongside her roles, Didar has led communities including the Ladies of London Hacking Society and She CISO, and she has volunteered to develop standards as part of the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) Foundation. Her experience is in technology risk and controls, third party risk, and security strategy.

Sander Almekinders is an experienced IT editor in chief, moderator, panelist, and writer for the C-suite and IT professional communities. He has a thorough knowledge of what's happening in the IT industry in the broadest sense of the word, and is the owner of Dolphin Publishing.

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S2 E3: Security Team Social Engineering