Authority
Course: AP® Cybersecurity Shows up in: Unit 2: Securing Spaces
A social engineering tactic: impersonating someone with power over the target, or relaying "their" instructions.
Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 2.1.A.3
Why it matters in Unit 2
People comply quickly with requests that seem to come from above.
Example
“The principal needs these files now.”
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