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312-50V13 · Question #332

An unauthorized individual enters a building following an employee through the employee entrance after the lunch rush. What type of breach has the individual just performed?

The correct answer is B. Tailgating. An unauthorized individual gaining entry to a building by following an authorized employee through a controlled access point after the lunch rush is an instance of tailgating.

Submitted by devops_kid· Mar 6, 2026Social Engineering

Question

An unauthorized individual enters a building following an employee through the employee entrance after the lunch rush. What type of breach has the individual just performed?

Options

  • AReverse Social Engineering
  • BTailgating
  • CPiggybacking
  • DAnnounced

How the community answered

(64 responses)
  • A
    3% (2)
  • B
    92% (59)
  • C
    3% (2)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

An unauthorized individual gaining entry to a building by following an authorized employee through a controlled access point after the lunch rush is an instance of tailgating.

AReverse Social Engineering

Reverse Social Engineering involves an attacker creating a situation where the victim seeks them out for help, rather than the attacker initiating direct contact.

BTailgatingCorrect

Tailgating (also known as piggybacking) is a social engineering technique where an unauthorized person gains access to a restricted area by closely following an authorized individual through an access control point without presenting their own credentials.

CPiggybacking

Piggybacking is often used interchangeably with tailgating, but tailgating more specifically refers to following without explicit or tricked consent, making it a more precise term for the described scenario.

DAnnounced

'Announced' is not a recognized type of security breach or social engineering technique.

Concept tested: Social engineering techniques (tailgating)

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/social-engineering-common-types-attacks

Topics

#Social engineering#Tailgating#Physical security

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