Employees: social networks are ‘risky’

Posted on 7 Sep 2011 by The Manufacturer

A study conducted by global risk consultancy Protiviti has suggested attitudes towards social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn are relatively cautious.

The sample was of 1,038 adults aged 18 and above, and found that 17% of UK employees consider social networking such as Facebook and LinkedIn a major risk to corporate security. Protiviti also reported that 28% of respondents believe that social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn pose a real risk to their own personal…

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