As our lives become more and more digital and increasingly connected, information security (infosec) seems to have become a continuous cycle of good and bad news. The story is always the same: A highly visible breach takes over the headlines, the weakness the cyber criminals uncovered is identified, the general public is assured that new measures have been put in place to address the vulnerabilities, and other enterprises follow suit. And then the cycle begins all over again as hackers find another way in.
In any enterprise, especially in regulated industries like financial services, government and healthcare that deal with high volumes of critical data, infosec must be at or near the top of the executive priority list. In a breach-prone world, enterprises that handle sensitive personal or corporate information need all the help they can get in the form of awareness, advice and peer support on how to manage this growing challenge. Interestingly, though, the daily influx of stories about securing critical information rarely includes discussion of one particular area of risk: social media.