http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/privacy/229500138 By Paul McDougall InformationWeek May 12, 2011 Companies need to accept that employees will spend at least part of their day on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Linked In, and need to adopt strategies and policies to manage and secure such activity rather than attempting to outlaw it, an expert who spoke Thursday at the Interop IT Conference and Expo in Las Vegas said. "The question isn’t whether to block or not to block" said Ben Rothke, senior security consultant with British Telecom. “Blocking simply won’t work,” said Rothke, who noted that even conservative organizations, such as Boeing, have adopted Web 2.0 technologies as part of their marketing and communications strategies. To boot, Fortune 500 companies like General Motors are driven millions of dollars in incremental sales through their Twitter and Facebook accounts. But as valuable as social media can be, it also presents security risks. "You have to get in front of the wave, learn what the challenges are and what information may be at risk," said Rothke. One of the biggest risks that social networking poses to organizations is that employees may be exposing information that's not meant for public consumption, especially in highly regulated environments like banking and healthcare, in industries that rely heavily on proprietary research and development, or even in the military. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Fri May 13 2011 - 01:02:09 PDT
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