Top execs biggest social engineering risk
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High-level executives are one of the biggest social engineering risks for organizations, according to a security expert.
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COMMUNICASIA, SINGAPORE--High-level executives are one of the biggest social engineering risks for organizations, according to a security expert.
Senior executives often demand for exceptions to be made to security rules and policies for their convenience at the expense of security, Jayson Street, CIO and managing partner of Strategem 1 Solutions, said Thursday at the network security conference track. This practice makes it easy for cybercriminals to successfully gain access to corporate networks by impersonating as management personnel.
Top executives are also ideal targets given their systems privilege and access rights, he pointed out. "[Hackers are] not going after the bank teller, [they are] going after the bank president, because the tellers have USB drive rights deactivated, they have controls on where they can go on Web sites."
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Social Media, when used properly and in the right context, can be a very useful tool in boosting businesses. Using media sites though, puts a company's network security and privacy at risk, and causes problems for its IT department. Some of the threats include Malware, brand hijacking, lack of control over content and a number of other things. It is therefore important to have social media policy in place. IT managers should explore issues surrounding social media in the workplace for them to make informed decisions about blocking social media sites, and to create a sound social media policy for their companies. Check out the following whitepapers from Palo Alto Networks: http://bit.ly/9twcQMTwitter http://bit.ly/bsrh9CFacebook http://bit.ly/94MFMBSharePoint
KellyMonroe7th Jul 2010
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