Episode 140: Jennifer Shannon & Kevin Tackett - Secure Ideas

Episode 140: Jennifer Shannon & Kevin Tackett - Secure Ideas

March 30, 2026 · 46 min · Season 6 · Episode 9

About this episode

This episode features Jennifer Shannon and Kevin Tackett discussing social engineering practices and client interactions in security consulting.

Jennifer Shannon is a Senior Security Consultant for Secure Ideas. Kevin Tackett is formerly known as Kevin Johnson, the CEO and founder of Secure Ideas . On this episode, we talked about why Kevin tells some prospective clients that he won't do social engineering for them. We also go into some SE stories, some favorite pretexts and why social engineers get stopped by the people they're testing.

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