Technology

In Chapter 6, we outlined a number of processes that need to be present in your social media security policy. In actually managing your tools to enable secure utilization of social media, you are faced with the same challenges that you face with any other tools you use for other security activities, such as monitoring for malware or Trojans. You can utilize these tools to track “Where” this information is being used. From an internal perspective, you can track “Where” employees visit and the sites they use to post information.

URL Filtering

Since just about every social media site will be accessed via a web page (even internal wikis), URL filtering is a necessary component in your toolkit to monitor, block, and report on employee activity. (Sites like Foursquare.com are a bit different for now, being mobile application driven.) Utilizing technology for external web filtering does serve a dual purpose because you can use URL filtering to manage incoming data as well. By controlling what data leaves your network and what data is inbound, you have some granular control over employee activity.