Facebook poses biggest security threat to businesses
According to it’s Security Threats 2010 report published today, security research firm Sophos reports that nearly 60% of businesses believe that social network Facebook poses the biggest threat to security. The report revealed that MySpace was voted second with 18 percent, closely followed by Twitter with 17 percent of votes.
Only 4 percent named LinkedIn as a security threat.
“Facebook is by far the largest social network – and you’ll find more bad apples in the biggest orchard,” said Graham Cluely from Sophos in a blog.
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William J McBorrough is a Security Expert with many years of success Managing, Designing, and Implementing medium and large enterprise Physical and Information Technology Security Solutions. His experience spans the spectrum from small e-commerce start-ups to multi-campus state and federal agencies to global financial sector organizations. He is on the faculty of various universities including University of Maryland University College, EC-Council University, George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College where he conducts research and teach graduate and undergraduate courses relating to cybersecurity, cybercrime, cyberterrorism, and information security and assurance. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Computing Engineering with a concentration in digital networks and a Masters of Science in Information Security and Assurance. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in Risk Information System Control (CRISC), and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).He is well versed in personnel, systems and network security risk management. His core competencies include Developing cost effective solutions to enable mission assurance in the following areas: Enterprise Risk Management, IT Governance, Security Organization Development, Information Security and Assurance
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