SOCIAL MEDIA SECURITY POLICIES: GUIDELINES FOR ORGANIZATIONS

The introduction of Social Media into the workplace has created the need for a new way of thinking for employers. Social Media's growth into corporations has opened opportunities and benefits that many corporations did not foresee in the past. However, the use of these services has also created many risks for the company's reputation and has developed vulnerabilities in corporate culture and security policies. Some risks are so great that businesses are putting an all out ban on the use of the Social Media services. This paper examines the impact of social networks on corporate culture as well as on corporate information security policies. Guidelines are offered for an organization to enhance their presence with social networks as well as employee participation