Security Risks in Social Media Technologies

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Security controls applied to the participation-collaboration pattern

Abstract:

This chapter concerns security controls (or security measures). Most security controls are generic, not country dependent. The country-specific part of the topic relates to the government bodies responsible for suggesting controls and monitoring adherence to them in individual countries. The chapter covers: types of security control – classifying them and determining how the controls to be adopted relate to different forms of sharing; the stages in deciding what security control is appropriate – identifying antecedents, and developing the motivation that prompts parties to adopt security controls; calculation of the cost-benefits of the security measures; and how ...