Social media: opportunity or risk?
Catherine J. Everett · Computer Fraud & Security · 2010
What are the information security risks posed by social media websites in general and Twitter in particular? Cath Everett examines where the situation stands today, how quickly the threat is growing and how well the average organisation understands the challenges involved in tackling it. She also explores why social media is growing in appeal and what this scenario is likely to mean for information security professionals. Finally, she offers best practice advice on what enterprises should consider doing to try and guard against this potential threat. Twitter appears to have been constantly in the headlines lately. If it's not one survey saying that usage is exploding, it's another claiming that harnessing its social networking potential has enabled x or y organisation to hugely boost its revenues despite the recession.