Exam Essentials 253
Know about technology fixes. Technology such as anti-spyware and anti-malware tools
can mitigate some social-engineering attacks.
Know preventative measures. Know the preventive measures available to avoid social-
engineering attacks, and the actions each one takes to prevent attacks. Ensure that you are
familiar with the operation of reverse proxies and ingress and egress filtering.
Know tools and terms. The CEH exam is drenched with terms and tool names that can
eliminate even the most skilled test-taker because they simply don’t know what the question
is talking about. Familiarize yourself with all the key terms, and be able to recognize the
names of the different social-engineering attacks.