IS535 Discussion Week 7
Major corporations, governments, and other organizations are hacked each week, mostly by means of phishing attacks. Describe how users and IT organizations should arm themselves against these attacks.
I see the key to defeating phishing attacks is a comprehensive and active education/training effort and a strident monitoring/notification capability to thwart those types of attacks. With this two pronged effort you both educate the firm and keep the firm informed on the latest phishing attacks or expected phishing attacks.

What are the social and security issues for individuals and organizations relative to personal and business use of social media?
One important factor of using social media for personal and business use is the degree at which it is controlled through the business networks and the ability to compartmentalize specific data. The problem arises with individuals who are so addicted to a specific social media they will find a way to access it no mater how stringent the measures are to control it. The only secure way to control social media in the work place is to block access through a firms wireless and hardwired networks. This is not a hard thing to do but in the age of the smartphone there could be many work a rounds in the individuals workplace. One such work a round that would impact the security issue is the ability now for smartphones to tether local computers and avoid a firms internal networks and security protocols and in effect leaving a firm wide open.