Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering Presentation Slides

By: Hunter Storm

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December 2, 2025

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**Original 2007 and 2013 Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering Presentation Slides (Primary Source Documents)**

Hunter Storm Research — Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering

Hacking Humans Archive (1994–Present)
Foundational Research Series — Primary Source Corpus

Prepared by: Hunter Storm (https://hunterstorm.com/), Founder, Hunter Storm Enterprises
Originator of the Hacking Humans Framework (1994–2007)
Version 1.0 — Published December 2025

Archival Preface

This page contains the original slide decks from Hunter Storm’s 2007 and 2013 presentations of her Hacking Humans framework. These files are presented in their raw form to preserve provenance and provide direct access to the primary source materials that shaped modern social engineering and human-layer security.

HACKING HUMANS | Social Engineering with Real-Life Methods, Models, and Theories

Social Engineering | Building a More Secure World Thru Innovative Use of the Truth

HACKING HUMANS | Social Engineering with Real-Life Methods, Models, and Theories

Original Presentation Slides (Uploaded PowerPoint Presentations, 2007 and 2013)

**2007 Original Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering Slides, Foundational Edition (Primary Source Document)**

Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering | 2007 Arizona Security Practitioners Forum Keynote Slides (University of Advancing Technology, Phoenix, AZ) Foundational Edition (Hunter Storm)

**2013 Keynote Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering Slides, Keynote Edition (Primary Source Document)**

Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering | 2013 Interface Conference Keynote Slides (Westin Kierland, Scottsdale, AZ) (Hunter Storm)

Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering – 2007 Original, 2025 Extract (Primary Source Document)

Hunter Storm 2007 Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation title slide, introducing the social engineering framework and human exploitation model. — Title slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation title slide. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Overview of the Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation covering social engineering concepts, sanitized stories, and defense strategies. — Overview slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Slide showing how social engineering is officially defined and differentiating it from Hunter Storm’s expanded definition from her 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. — Definition slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Slide illustrating hacking humans terminology and concept plus motivation and influence pathways to social engineering from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. — Hacking humans terminology introduction and motivation slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Slide presenting reason why humans are vulnerable to social engineering attacks, emphasizing human layer condition from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. — Vulnerability slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Slide illustrating how to hack humans from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. — How to hack humans slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation slide, covering HUMINT, human targeting protocols, ethical approaches, and the ‘know your target’ principle in social engineering. — HUMINT slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Slide from from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. explaining the Human PKI model, including brain firewalls, content filters, finesse, elicitation, and introducing the human PKI model in social engineering. — Brain Firewalls Finesse Elicitation and Human PKI Model slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Introduction to the Ports & Services concept in human social engineering, illustrating attack vectors and exploitable human interfaces from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. — Ports and Services Model Introduction slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Slide illustrating the role of HUMINT, targeting, exploit selection, and finesse in social engineering exploitation from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. — Human Layer slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Slide illustrating Human Intrusion Detection and Prevention systems to safeguard human ports and services against social engineering exploitation from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. — Brain firewalls, finesse, elicitation and human PKI Model slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering sanitized case studies slide, illustrating social engineering incidents, including USB drops, knock techniques, and field examples. — Sanitized stories slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

Final slide for audience questions and discussion following from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation, extended informal discussion included. — Q&A slide from Hunter Storm’s 2007 Hacking Humans: The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering presentation. Extracted in 2025 for archival and SEO purposes.

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Original 2007 Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering Presentation Notes (Primary Source Document) in Adobe PDF format: Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering: 2007 Presentation Notes
Original 2007 Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering Presentation Notes (Primary Source Document) in Microsoft Word Document format: Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering: 2007 Presentation Notes
Original 2007 Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering Presentation Slides, Foundational Edition (Primary Source Document): Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering | 2007 Arizona Security Practitioners Forum Keynote Slides (University of Advancing Technology, Phoenix, AZ) Foundational Edition (Hunter Storm)
Original 2013 Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering Presentation Slides, Keynote Edition (Primary Source Document): Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering | 2013 Interface Conference Keynote Slides (Westin Kierland, Scottsdale, AZ) (Hunter Storm)
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Storm, Hunter. Human‑Layer Security | Definition, Origin, Variants, and 1994–2025 Lineage (Authoritative Guide). Hacking Humans Archive (1994–Present). https://hunterstorm.com/hacking-humans-ports-and-services-model/human-layer-security-definition-origin/

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This report is provided for educational and informational purposes only. Hunter Storm does not provide legal, regulatory, or compliance advice. All analysis reflects practitioner‑level interpretation of publicly available information at the time of publication.

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