Why Limiting The Use Of Social Media May Help Companies Avoid Data Loss And Close Security Gaps
Some companies allow employees to freely access social media sites online.
But, are companies opening the door for their networks to be hacked in the process? Many employees these days use Smartphones to gain access online, but are these employees opening the door for companies to lose sensitive data and have their networks hacked by malicious hackers? It is no secret that Facebook has struggled with security issues.
The security firm, Sophos, noted in 2011 that employees accessing social media may open the door for companies to be phished and also have malware installed inside their networks.
Concern is growing so deeply over employees posting photos, responding to posts, tweeting, and tagging that some companies are rethinking their stance on allowing unlimited access to Facebook, Twitter, and more.
Did you know 51 percent of British companies agreed with the security firm's findings that social media opens the door for sensitive data to be lost.
Why companies see Facebook and Twitter as a threat to Security It is no secret that the 2010 attack on Twitter via micro blogging has increase fears among businesses that employees may download something from a social networking website that will allow the company to be hacked.
Did you know that Sophos security firm's survey found 43 percent of users on a social networking website receive a phishing attack? Another 40 percent, on Facebook for example, were infected with malware.
Some businesses restricted access to Twitter as well.
Others have constituted a policy that employees who have minimal access to sensitive information may access Facebook etc.
Employees who are considered high security may be restricted from using Facebook or Twitter.
It may not take an attack, however, for a business's network to slow down and affect customer sales.
With traffic slowed to a crawl, this can affect your employee's productivity, keeping employees from being able to communicate with customers and also other employees.
Why some businesses still use Facebook Should businesses ban social websites completely if there is a danger that hackers will have access to sensitive information? What if these websites are used in for social campaigns? This may be a good way for a business to interact with customers and engage customers in conversation.
This is why businesses may not want to ban social things entirely and still allow access to this medium.
It may benefit businesses that are willing to also have some sort of security in place and still use a social media websites.
Isn't it nice to know businesses do not have to give up social use websites entirely? Do you know that many businesses do not have their security up-to-date? At Leeds Data Recovery, we also offer our 15 years of experience in many other data recovery services so that your documents stored on Raid arrays and your sensitive data, and more is safe.
We can help you recover lost data from internal and external hard disk drives.
But, are companies opening the door for their networks to be hacked in the process? Many employees these days use Smartphones to gain access online, but are these employees opening the door for companies to lose sensitive data and have their networks hacked by malicious hackers? It is no secret that Facebook has struggled with security issues.
The security firm, Sophos, noted in 2011 that employees accessing social media may open the door for companies to be phished and also have malware installed inside their networks.
Concern is growing so deeply over employees posting photos, responding to posts, tweeting, and tagging that some companies are rethinking their stance on allowing unlimited access to Facebook, Twitter, and more.
Did you know 51 percent of British companies agreed with the security firm's findings that social media opens the door for sensitive data to be lost.
Why companies see Facebook and Twitter as a threat to Security It is no secret that the 2010 attack on Twitter via micro blogging has increase fears among businesses that employees may download something from a social networking website that will allow the company to be hacked.
Did you know that Sophos security firm's survey found 43 percent of users on a social networking website receive a phishing attack? Another 40 percent, on Facebook for example, were infected with malware.
Some businesses restricted access to Twitter as well.
Others have constituted a policy that employees who have minimal access to sensitive information may access Facebook etc.
Employees who are considered high security may be restricted from using Facebook or Twitter.
It may not take an attack, however, for a business's network to slow down and affect customer sales.
With traffic slowed to a crawl, this can affect your employee's productivity, keeping employees from being able to communicate with customers and also other employees.
Why some businesses still use Facebook Should businesses ban social websites completely if there is a danger that hackers will have access to sensitive information? What if these websites are used in for social campaigns? This may be a good way for a business to interact with customers and engage customers in conversation.
This is why businesses may not want to ban social things entirely and still allow access to this medium.
It may benefit businesses that are willing to also have some sort of security in place and still use a social media websites.
Isn't it nice to know businesses do not have to give up social use websites entirely? Do you know that many businesses do not have their security up-to-date? At Leeds Data Recovery, we also offer our 15 years of experience in many other data recovery services so that your documents stored on Raid arrays and your sensitive data, and more is safe.
We can help you recover lost data from internal and external hard disk drives.
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