SOCIAL NETWORKS

Social Networks: A Global Threat

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ABSTRACT

Information management is an important part of a proper IT control, which is actually a cornerstone in organization governance. Information security is an important section of IT control, this inparticular is realted to personal information. On the other hand, many organizations do not have a proper policy regarding information security management. The main aim of this research is to provide organzaitions with the elements that are essential for governing the information security aspects in an organization.

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PAST WORK1

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES1

LITERATURE REVIEW3

MOTIVATIONS AND GOALS OF PEOPLE FOR USING SOCIAL NETWORK SITES4

New Relations6

Friends7

Socializing8

Information8

Debating8

Free SMS Facility9

Consuming/Sharing Content9

Surfing of Profile9

USER PRIVACY RISK ASSOCIATED WITH SOCIAL NETWORK SITES9

Social Networking Sites and Identity Theft10

FRAUD ON SOCIAL NETWORKS12

Illegitimate Applications of Third party12

False Requests of Connection12

Malware12

SCAMMING METHODS13

Deceptive Solicitation13

Hijacked Accounts14

MAJOR PRIVACY RISKS FOR TWITTER, FACEBOOK, MY SPACE AND YOU TUBE USERS14

User Sharing15

Hacks15

Applications of Third Party16

Employment16

Tweet Aggregation16

Higher Rates of Insurance17

BUSINESS MODEL AND PRIVACY POLICY17

Business Model17

Terms of Use and Privacy of Social Networks18

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF18

Choice of Contacts and Friends18

Restricting Private Information to Family and Close Friends Only19

Careful Selection of Information to be published19

FLYBYNIGHT ARCHITECTURE19

METHODOLOGY21

REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS21

PROJECT PLAN22

REFERENCES23

PAST WORK

The integration and popularity of social networking websites have been an undeniable success for those who create and run them. Users create profiles and provide information which allows them to connect with old friends, make new friends and become part of a community that barely existed 10 years ago (Lampe, Ellison and Steinfield, 2010). One of the most popular social networking websites is Facebook, which has become a juggernaut in the social networking websites business (Stutzman, 2006). It allows users to add information to their profiles that could be considered sensitive such as phone numbers, relationship statuses and pictures of a user. The Harvard Business Review has weighed in on this topic, warning that “New technologies too heedlessly adopted or opportunistically applied, will continue to threaten personal privacy” (McCreary, 2008).

Social networking websites have revolutionized the manner in which individuals present themselves. In particular, Facebook has been a leader in this shift that has taken private aspects of people's lives and made them public. This shift calls into question what types of information are still considered private. “What it means to be public or private is quickly changing before our eyes and we lack the language, social norms, and structures to handle it” (Boyd, 2007). The profiles on social networking websites allow users to publish virtually anything about ...