Social Networking and Security...or lack of when promoting your brand

 

When some one says social networking, I instantly think of Facebook. I have been using Facebook for quite some time now and I always had the question “How secure is my data on a social networking site?” Well, no one can assure data security on such big platforms. The best we can do on our end is to protect our data with some privacy settings and strong passwords.

 Talking of data security, I remember an incident where one of my friends lost her mobile phone. You might be wondering what it has to do with social media and data security. It does have relation because, she used to access her Facebook account from her mobile phone. So who ever has her phone has access to her Facebook account? Unfortunately, Yes! This is an eye opener for me and from then on I’m careful while accessing social networking sites form my phone/tablet or public computer systems.

Recently the Facebook account of a Syrian telecom company, Syriatel has been hacked. You can fine the full story here . We hear a lot of such stories every day. Especially like, a company’s sensitive information getting leaked, false information about a company or its products getting published on their social networking site and so on. Such incidents directly affect the brand reputation of the company.

So the question is ‘How to avoid cyber-attacks and keep our data secure? Here is an interesting blog which might give us some insight on networking security awareness .

Make sure to check privacy settings of your social networking account.

Be Aware, Be secure!

Usha