---
id: 8142
title: "Take Him Away, Boys – Creating a Get-Out-of-Jail Letter"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/social-engineering/get-out-of-jail-letter/"
published_at: "2018-02-27T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["red-team", "social-engineering", "authorization", "physical-security", "pentest-ops"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8142"
lang: en
---

# Take Him Away, Boys – Creating a Get-Out-of-Jail Letter

## Summary

Explains why on-site social engineering engagements need an authorization letter, what contact details and scope it should carry, and how a decoy letter tests whether staff actually verify it.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2018-02-27T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/social-engineering/get-out-of-jail-letter/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8142