Security Threat as Biz Leaders Over-Share on Social Media

  • 29 March 2016
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29 Mar 2016  By Phil Muncaster
 
Despite rising levels of awareness around social engineering-based cyber-attacks, British business leaders, their relatives and their colleagues are exposing organizations to unnecessary risk by oversharing online, according to new research.
 
Digital intelligence firm Digitalis Reputation polled over 1000 CEOs and the like across a variety of sectors and business sizes.
 
It found that 61% are aware of the threat posed by social engineering attacks and 41% of firms now educate staff on how human error can lead to a serious cyber-attack.
 
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Today one has to be very careful what data you share via social media. Prudence and common sense come into play on this issue.
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Well, I have to say that this is just a case of human nature...we are mainly trusting (to not do so would be to be shunned as a paranoid person) and once we get into the 'bubble' that is our own online environment we forget that we are in fact very small minnows in a very, very large pond.
 
And if yo add social media into the mix...well, ROFL...why am I not surprised by the findings?

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