Securing the Clicks Network Security in the Age of Social Media

The Changing Threat Landscape

A threat in the social media landscape works differently than in traditional IT security. If you are an IT security manager today, you are accustomed to a variety of threats to corporate data and networks, including hackers trying to break through your firewall, viruses and malware in e-mails or on suspicious websites, insiders trying to steal company information, and your company’s exposure to corporate espionage activities. While these threats continue to exist as before, social media has opened new avenues and possibilities for these threats and for new types of risks to occur.

The threat landscape has changed pretty quickly as compared to most IT concerns. The new technologies and processes employed in social ...