Social Networking Security -- Top Technology Trends (Technical Insights)

With the consumerization of IT and increasing ubiquity of smart mobile devices, users and employees alike are persistently connected to the social media environment. However, this massive expansion of social networks has introduced a novel attack vector for hackers and scammers. Numerous confidential data such as intellectual property, employees’ profile, customer related data and many more could be easily accessed and abducted by these hackers via highly customized attacks. Thus, there is a dire need for a more intelligent and robust security systems/technologies to avert these ravaging threats.