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Privacy and Security in Social Media

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Social media might have entered into society with the opinion that it would be an independent platform to share views and opinions with society but with time these social media channels and platforms have shifted to the means of communication with society. The majority of the people within the world today all across society are utilizing social media for personal chats and communications and as a result of that, privacy and security are in high demand from the customer side so that their chats and data could be end-to-end encrypted and secured. In the case of the general posts and updates also people are in demand of security and privacy that they should have the functionalities to allow only a few audiences only with whom they want to share their content. 

Privacy and Security in Social Media

   Added on 2019-10-31

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Information SecurityExecutive Summary This report is concerned with the topic of security and privacy issues of social media. There is nodoubt to say that social media has become an important part of most of the people worldwide. Not only for personal usage but also for business purposes social media is highly preferred to useto promote business worldwide. Social media has several benefits that enhance its usage among IT users. But on other side, some issues regarding security and privacy of users’ data is also found. In my opinion, there is no doubt that if social media is boon for contemporary world then due to lack of security it becomes curse for some normal users. The purpose of making this report is to emphasize on security and privacy issues of social media in detail. Moreover, I will emphasize on essential challenges of social media such as maintaining brand reputation, resolution of issues etc. Through this report, I would also like to discuss about relevant technologies that can be used to maintain security of social media and some of those technologies are use of security tools such as anti-virus, use of strong passwords by users, security of web server and others. Furthermore, people have some doubts regarding social media platform, so through this report, I will clarify those vague areas. With the help of this report, it becomes easier to know how high level security and privacy of social media can be maintained both at developer and user end. Page | 2
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Information SecurityTable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Discussion........................................................................................................................................3Challenges of Security and Privacy Issues with Social Media....................................................3Problems regarding Security and Privacy Issues of Social Media..............................................4Relevant Technologies.................................................................................................................4Applications of the Technologies.................................................................................................5Clarification of Vague Areas.......................................................................................................5Research Questions......................................................................................................................6Discuss Issues in the Forum.........................................................................................................6Essential Issue not discussed in Forum.......................................................................................6Impact of above discussed issues and their Applications on Real World....................................7Important Lesson learn from Discussion.....................................................................................7Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8References........................................................................................................................................9Page | 3
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Information SecurityIntroduction Social media is a collective set of online communication channels that are used for communication and content sharing among people worldwide. It is considered the cheapest and most reliable way to communicate with people worldwide. Nowadays, in business organizations and among common users, social media is highly preferred to use for communication purposes. Whether there are some benefits of social media but some challenges and problems are also attached with this technology. Those challenges are mostly related to security and privacy issues of sensitive information of users. Now, in upcoming paragraphs of this report, I would like to discuss some essential issues of social media and other essential concepts related to this. Discussion Here are some essential challenges of security and privacy associated with social media. Challenges of Security and Privacy Issues with Social Media There are several issues regarding security and privacy in social media have encountered by its users. In this case, the main challenge is to select best strategy that can control security and privacy related issues across the world. It is very hard to figure out an appropriate strategy to get rid of this problem (Searchsecurity.techtarget.com, 2017). The next essential challenge is to maintain reputation of companies that are providing social media services and applications to its customers. If they will not satisfied customers then it will let their image down and it will also effect revenue of their business (eClincher, 2017). The awareness about latest tools and techniques that can help to maintain security while using social networking sites is also necessary to spread among users. This is because, most of the people are not careful about these tools and they have to face problems. Page | 4
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