Facebook, long a darling of cybercriminals looking to lure in unsuspecting cybersocializers, has partnered with content security vendor Websense to help protect members from links that lead to malware and malicious sites. That may prove good news to corporations, where many IT managers consider employees’ use of social media a security threat but where few of them do much about it, a global survey by the Ponemon Institute has found. In other security news, experts are suggesting an alternative to the security certificate, which cybercriminals have shown to be an imperfect safeguard.
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Facebook Enlists Websense for Neighborhood Watch
Posted by: Richard Adhikari October 4, 2011 05:00 AMFacebook, long a darling of cybercriminals looking to lure in unsuspecting cybersocializers, has partnered with content security vendor Websense to help protect members from links that lead to malware and malicious sites. That may prove good news to corporations, where many IT managers consider employees’ use of social media a security threat but where few of them do much about it, a global survey by the Ponemon Institute has found. In other security news, experts are suggesting an alternative to the security certificate, which cybercriminals have shown to be an imperfect safeguard.