The Certified Social Engineering Defense Practitioner (CSEDP) exam is an entry-level exam that validates a candidate's awareness and foundational knowledge of social engineering attacks and human-focused security weaknesses. It covers a wide range of social engineering concepts, including phishing, vishing, impersonation, manipulation techniques, attacker behavior, and organizational defense measures.

You can access all details of the exam from https://pentestingexams.com/certifications/essentials/certified-social-engineering-defense-practitioner/

The exam is real-world scenario–based, designed to assess how effectively candidates can recognize, analyze, and respond to social engineering threats in practical situations.

You will face in the exam a lot of examples such as phishing emails and vishing calls, where you are required to identify the type of attack, analyze the attacker's techniques, and determine the appropriate defense measures.

Resources to study for the exam:

  1. https://www.imperva.com/learn/application-security/social-engineering-attack/
  2. https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/social-engineering
  3. https://www.infosecurityeurope.com/en-gb/blog/threat-vectors/hacking-your-brain-top-13-social-engineering-techniques.html

My advice to pass the exam:

  1. Study well.
  2. Solve the mock exam as a practice from https://candidate.speedexam.net/signin.aspx?site=secopsmocktest
  3. Use ChatGPT or any AI agent (I used ChatGPT) to generate practice questions based on the exam syllabus.

Good Luck!

This is my certificate confirming that I successfully passed the exam.

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