Securing the Clicks Network Security in the Age of Social Media

Data Scraping

Social media is a platform for sharing. But this information sharing has progressed beyond sharing just with friends and family to sharing with the whole world, which is less social. Corporate sharing has moved beyond just employees interacting with the general public, which can be good or bad. Corporate sharing via social media can attract more customers, followers, and business, but malicious users can turn all that available data against your company. Knowing who is using the information you share, and to what purpose that information will be used, is difficult. This is the erosion of your true social circle.

With a personal profile, an employee can receive random requests to become “friends.” These requests do not all come from ...