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Author Oxley, Alan.

Title Security risks in social media technologies : safe practices in public service applications / Alan Oxley.

Publication Info. Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2013.

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 Axe Elsevier ScienceDirect Ebook  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (xxx, 262 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Chandos social media series
Chandos social media series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-227) and index.
Note Print version record.
Summary Security measures can be used by management, IT staff, and users in participatory/collaborative service provision within the public sector. Security Risks in Social Media Technologies explores this use. Topics are targeted, and issues raised and lessons learnt are analyzed. The book helps the reader understand the risks posed by relevant Web 2.0 applications and gives clear guidance on how to mitigate those risks. The body of the book is concerned with social media, the dominant Web 2.0 technology associated with security in the public sector, and is structured into eight chapters. The first chapter introduces the background for the work; the second covers uses of social media; the third covers relevant security threats; the fourth chapter concerns the security controls applied to the participation-collaboration pattern; the fifth chapter then considers acceptable use practices; the sixth chapter covers participation-collaboration in the context of schools; the seventh chapter shows an alternative way of classifying controls to that given in the fourth chapter; and the final chapter offers a conclusion. Focuses on the security issues of social media, specifically in the public sectorWritten by a leading researcher and practitionerShows best practices for mitigating risk in the use of social media.
Contents 1. Web 2.0 and social media -- 2. Non-frivolous uses of social media in the public sector -- 3. Security threats to social media technologies -- 4. Security controls applied to the participation-collaboration pattern -- 5. Acceptable use practices -- 6. Participation and collaboration in K-12 schools -- 7. Mitigating the risks of identity theft and malware -- 8. Conclusion.
Subject Computer networks -- Security measures.
Réseaux d'ordinateurs -- Sécurité -- Mesures.
COMPUTERS -- Internet -- Security.
COMPUTERS -- Networking -- Security.
Computer networks -- Security measures
Soziale Software
World Wide Web 2.0
Datenschutz
Other Form: Print version: 9781843347149 1843347148
ISBN 1780633807 (electronic bk.)
9781780633800 (electronic bk.)
1306176727 (electronic bk.)
9781306176729 (electronic bk.)
9781843347149
1843347148
Standard No. AU@ 000054755389
AU@ 000068482356
CHBIS 010113680
CHNEW 001011592
DEBBG BV042032930
DEBBG BV042314296
DEBSZ 414184068
DEBSZ 414268555
DEBSZ 431577358
DEBSZ 44940188X
UKMGB 017585619

 
    
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