Level up your social engineering approach

  • Black Box Improv Security provides targeted, proven skill growth for professional social engineers.

    We bring unique insight into the challenges of social engineering, with years of experience in both cyber / information security and improvisational theater performance and training.

    Improv isn’t really about being funny - it’s about creating a useful world and bringing people along with us as we do it. “Funny” is what happens on stage as a by-product of doing that well. For social engineering, the by-product of that same process is a successful engagement.

    Talk to us about how to level up what you do after the OSINT.

  • Familiarity with the skills and tactics of improv isn’t only helpful for social engineers.

    Today, recognizing when someone is trying to “yes, and” you along is the job of anyone who receives emails, phone calls, text messages, etc.

    Black Box Improv Security also offers our training with the lens of recognizing and countering social engineering attacks.

    Talk to us about your social engineering security awareness needs.

    • social engineering red / purple team training focused on improv skills

    • individual coaching for social engineers trying to grow in their career

    • large or small team corporate security awareness training

    • all services are customized to the needs and goals of our clients

    • Kevin Carter, CISO and improvisor

    • Bryan Lakatos, CISSP and improvisor

    Kevin and Bryan are security professionals and co-owners of the long-running Black Box Improv Theater in Dayton, OH.

RECENT public training opportunities:

We were super honored to host two workshops the DEF CON Social Engineering Community again in 2026. Here is our slide deck for both sessions: ImprovSec_slides_2026_DC34.pdf

Black Box Improv Security is an off-shoot of the Black Box Improv Theater in Dayton, OH. If you’re ever in Dayton, swing by for a laugh.

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