Security Awareness on Social Networks

The very nature of such sites encourages users to provide a certain amount of personal information. But when deciding how much information to reveal, people may not exercise the same amount of caution on a Website as they would when meeting someone in person. This happens because:

• the Internet provides a sense of anonymity;
• the lack of physical interaction provides a false sense of security; and
• they tailor the information for their friends to read, forgetting that others may see it.

Sharing too much information on social networking sites can be problematic in two ways: first, it can reveal something about you that you’d rather your current or future employer or school administrator not know, and second, it can put your personal safety at risk.

IT Security Issues

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am new to this style of communication so please bear with me. I will be talking about security issues and risk as it relates to information technology. This topic is very current and controversial,which makes it a great discussion piece. I hope to give you some new insight through issues raised in my blog, as well as you giving me new perspectives also.