social networking sites

2. V Dushyanth

3. Contents
•Introduction
•Social Networking Sites
•Advantages
•Applications
•Dis-Advantages(Threats)
•Preventing methods to provide
Security
•Conclusion

4. Introduction
 What is Social Networking ?
 Why we need to provide Security ?

5. Advantages
 Technological Literacy
 Brings people together
 Attracts Attention
 Improves Knowledge
 Opportunity to Wide Business
 File Sharing (advices, information,…..)
 Improves Student’s Creativity
 Eliminated Distance of
Communication.

6. Advantages

7. Dis-Advantages
 Distraction
 Illegal Crime
 Online Harassment
 Violation of Privacy
 Faces Personal Problems
 Negative Effect on profession
 Leads to Depression
 Makes Easier unwanted persons to
find you.

8. Dis-Advantages

9. Applications
 Face book
 Whatsapp
 Twitter
 Skype
 Hike
 E-mails( Gmail, yahoo mail,…….)
 Tumbler
 LinkedIn
 YouTube,………

10. Applications

11. OSN Security Threats/Attacks
 Malware distribution
 Cyber harassment,
stalking, etc.
 Information
“shelf life” in cyberspace
 Privacy issues:
◦ Information about
person posted by him/herself, others
◦ Information about people collected by OSNs
 Information posted on OSNs impacts
unemployment, insurance, etc.
 Organizations’ concerns: brand, laws,
regulations

12. Conclusion
 The only solution to social network privacy
and security issues is to have some
knowledge of the ways in which one can get
fooled.
 Don't post anything you would want to hide
from a stranger.
 Be careful who you add as a "friend" since
there's simply no way of verifying a user's
actual identity in online.
 Analyze the content thoroughly before doing
anything.
 Follow the all Privacy options for the account
in the Social Networking.