Cyber Shield

Elicitation is a set of techniques and methods used by intelligence and cyber intelligence professionals to covertly gather information. Essentially, an intelligence professional engages in a conversation with the target and uses elicitation methods to gather the information they need without the target realizing that they are being exploited for information. When it comes to social engineering, cybercriminals often use elicitation to gather the information that can later be used in a large-scale social engineering campaign.