Employee Social Media Access at Work Challenges the Security Pros

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An article by Vincent M. Schiavo posted on the sys-con media website.

This article discusses the use of social media networks by employees in the workplace.  The article discusses some challenges associated with the use of social media networks, and some methods that can be used to reduce corporate liability risk associated with social media use.

The article states, "As beneficial as social media is for business - and it surely is as organizations are beginning to realize that it also brings with it a multitude of problems. Most of these problems have been seen before, going back to the genesis of the Internet: lost productivity, misuse of network bandwidth, exposure to unmanaged content, security threats, and confidential data leakage. But some of them are unique to and exacerbated by this new social media phenomenon that has exploded onto the Internet over the past few years."  The article discusses the use of mobile devices as well, and states that such trends are increasing the possibility that a corporate network can be hacked.