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The Social Media Threat to Data Security
By siliconindia
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Friday, 14 October 2011, 00:20 IST
For example, a new link posted on a popular social network directs users to a site that downloads and leads to data-stealing code via obfuscated JavaScript, is a serious security threat. Organizations need security technologies that can analyze links as they appear, because the link path is new and does not have a recognizable signature or known payload. New technologies like social media, cloud services, and mobility require real-time content security, which analyzes information on the fly, as it is created and consumed.
The study also analyzed 4,640 IT and IT security practitioners in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Mexico, Singapore, United Kingdom, and the United States with an average of 10 years' experience in the field. 54 percent were supervisors or above and 42 percent were from organizations with more than 5,000 employees.
Here are their key findings:
60 percent of the employees in United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Mexico use social media for at least 30 minutes every day for personal reasons while organizations in Germany have the highest usage of social media for business purposes. Regional variations are often increased by higher local bandwidth costs, which globally shift the priority of this concern.
