Securing the Clicks Network Security in the Age of Social Media

CHAPTER 7Human Resources: Strategy & Collaboration

Whether employees use social media platforms for personal or professional reasons, or both, the key value of social media usage is that humans are communicating with and paying attention to each other. But who’s looking out for the affects social media communications can have on the company? From an organization’s perspective, securing social media starts with a closer look at the human resource strategy for employee communications and collaboration using these new media tools and technologies. Human Resources manages this overall strategy for the organization, along with driving and enforcing the social media security policy with the assistance of the IT department.

The first step to securing ...