As part of its efforts to foster a culture of cybersecurity and raise awareness of digital risks, the Defense Industries Commission organized an awareness seminar on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, titled “Social Engineering in Cybersecurity,” organized by the Iraqi Women’s Affairs Department in cooperation with the Technical Department, with the participation of a number of the Commission’s staff members.

The seminar highlighted the concept of social engineering as one of the most prominent means of intrusion, through deception and manipulation to obtain sensitive information, as well as reviewing the most significant cyber threats associated with it, ways to prevent them, and the importance of adhering to cybersecurity procedures to protect institutional data and information.

The seminar included a scientific and practical explanation of the mechanisms for identifying cyber fraud attempts and how to handle suspicious messages and links.

This seminar is part of a series of awareness programs that the Defense Industries Commission is committed to implementing, with the aim of raising security awareness among its employees and fostering a secure work environment capable of keeping pace with technological developments and protecting assets and information from various cyber threats.