Seven Deadly Sins of Social Networking Security

Created by Valerie M. Vogel (EDUCAUSE) on July 8, 2009

CSOonline recently asked several IT security practitioners to identify typical security mistakes people make when using social networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Myspace -- and how to avoid them. See below for the top seven mistakes and read the article "Seven Deadly Sins of Social Networking Security" to learn more.

Over-sharing company activities
Mixing personal with professional
Engaging in Tweet (or Facebook/LinkedIn/Myspace) rage
Believing he/she who dies with the most connections wins
Password sloth
Trigger finger (clicking everything, especially on Facebook)
Endangering yourself and others

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		Seven Deadly Sins of Social Networking Security Created by Valerie M. Vogel (EDUCAUSE) on July 8, 2009 CSOonline recently asked several IT security practitioners to identify typical security mistakes people make when using social networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Myspace -- and how to avoid them. See below for the top seven mistakes and read the article "Seven Deadly Sins of Social Networking Security" to learn more. Over-sharing company activities Mixing personal with professional Engaging in Tweet (or Facebook/LinkedIn/Myspace) rage Believing he/she who dies with the most connections wins Password sloth Trigger finger (clicking everything, especially on Facebook) Endangering yourself and others Cybersecurity \| Security Awareness \| Social Networking \| Web 2.0 Valerie's blog Login or register to post comments 199 reads
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