Cybersecurity and Risk Management
Like almost every social media company, Twitter is exposed to many types of cyber risks, and the company has to handle risk management strictly and effectively which varies from figuring out the probability of risks (includes threat, vulnerability, cost of impact), protecting any vulnerabilities from being exploited or taken advantaged of by hackers, threats that come from users or coders/developers, or protecting the users’ information in the system.
The first and most common threat to Twitter is when users’ accounts are hacked, and personal information are taken, hacked accounts could be used for frauds or other illegal, inappropriate acts. This could affect both the company and the users. Regarding this issue, Twitter has been updating password protection programs in the past few years by adding different layers of
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Selection of this is based on risk, security budget, AUP, and security procedures. Technology defense mechanisms need to be tested/maintained regularly, appropriate for the types of network and operating system, and able to provide strong authentication and access control.
In the third and fourth steps, Twitter uses different sets of tools to prevent and face security challenges. For threats regarding passwords (password retention), OAuth (open standard for authorization) tokens and encryptions are used to make sure the passwords are not exposed. Furthermore, when protecting passwords, Twitter developers use bcrypt-ruby when possible, which is a secure hash algorithm designed by TheOpenBSD to hash passwords (RubyGems).
Another way to prevent any incoming unsanitized data is both working on the user side and within the company. Twitter has its own Whitelist of inputs that are acceptable when posted on their APIs and will disregard any data/input that is not on the
Over the past fifteen years, the use of social media by both the general public and by the business world has expanded dramatically. Social media is one of a number of social technologies - any technological device or technique that can be used to facilitate communication between individuals. Social technology includes everything from the telephone to Wikipedia. Social media, on the other hand, is the use of media platforms which were specifically create to connect users with other users and give them a peak into each other's lives by allowing them exchange information, messages, ideas, pictures, and other personal communication. However, it’s been known to abuse this rapidly growing technology.
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Social Media is a great tool to have in the world's era in technology. It can do many great and unique tricks. Although society depends on social networks to keep most of our information private, info isn't always at stake, but that's not always the case. That is why some social networking accounts require a password from you, but even then, someone could still be at risk every time an individual posts a picture or message on social media. It's also not always a good idea to trust any security application to "stop" a cyber attack, but there are certain ways people can protect their personal privacy. Such as keep personal details at a minimum even when posting to friends; make sure all apps or applications on a phone are trustworthy to keep information on, and lastly many should have some form of identification similar to a Social Security Number.
...conventional way looking at newspapers and web sites. Twitter has gave way to a whole new idea of how information can be provided to the public. Environmental scanning, issue tracking, and issue management can be done just by looking at a twitter feed of all the areas you would like to cover in finding out the particular information you are looking for. Twitter has integrated itself into every aspect of businesses and professions. The use of twitter, which was once to share feelings and inform, has now transformed into a bigger idea of people being able to understand what is happening everywhere around them on a larger scale.
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Max Thielen Last year Target fell victim to a massive cyber attack that compromised data on millions of its customers. The breach lasted from November 27 to December 15. During that time, information on 40 million debit and credit accounts was stolen. In addition, Target would later report that another 70 million customers’ names, phone numbers, and mailing addresses had been stolen (Whitney). A piece of malware that retails on the black market for around $2,000 is believed to be the culprit for the stolen data.
Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?”(Carr, 2008). Now replace the name “Dave” with any person who is addicted to using Twitter. This is the exact thoughts that usually go through their head at some point in time, at least from personal experience. The idea of a world where nothing is inaccessible, and where free speech is actually free, is rare, therefore, it excites us. However, we tend to take the use of Twitter to the extreme. The hackneyed saying that too much of anything is not good for you definitely proves relevant when it comes to excessive use of any social media site for that matter. It is evident that our society, especially this generation, abuses Twitter. Whether it is as simple as using the site too many times in a day, or abuse in the sense that it is being tarnished by harsh misuse, it is evident that there remains a prevalent issue. As a community, we all acknowledge that technology has taken over our social lives. Nownwhether you believe that it has enhanced or deteriorated communication is subjective, however, means to restrain from actually using sites like Twitter have been very limited. Although it is prevalent that there is a problem, we still find ourselves tweeting as soon as the opportunity presents
Ques1 Provide a brief overview of the case study This case study is based on the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) to examine the current and emerging cyber threats and threat trends for emerging technology areas. This will be followed by the explanation of threats, threat agents, technology areas and attack methods. This case study also provides a description of the procedure followed and also a few descriptions on use cases of cyber threat intelligence. The primary commitment of the ETL 2014 lies in the recognizable proof of top cyber dangers inside the reporting time frame. With the developing risk landscape, it makes up the fundamental commitment towards identifying cyber dangers.
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The should be Christian values and leaders in a social media to lead and guide your teenager in the right direction. There should be multiple accounts that have different types of Christian values like; scripture, encouragement, words of wisdom, bible stories, and a fellowship. Twitter can meet these standards in its app. Even though there are inappropriate accounts and materials throughout Twitter, if you look hard enough you will find appropriate Christian accounts to follow. Finding Christian accounts in twitter is like finding a flower in a patch of weeds. There a multitude of bad accounts on twitter, but once you find the good one it is relieving and nice. There are multiple accounts that fit each one of these categories to help uplift and lead Christian teenagers in a social media generation. I personally follow a few very good accounts that are still trendy but do not drift away from the Word of God. Some of these accounts are @HoodJesusYo, @SheReadsTruth, and @_ChristianHumor (“Twitter, Inc.”, 2016). These accounts are great examples of accounts that are not just verses being posted; they post appropriate funny content that any age will
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a learning tool. Due to the popularity Twitter now has, our research group decided to further
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