Orthus Security and Privacy Risks of Social Media Voted Most Popular Briefing.

May 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Orthus’ provides organisations with Business as Usual, Guaranteed; in reaching this goal, effective and appropriate security, privacy controls, best practices and other important issues associated with social networking websites are vital.

Social media represents a particular trouble spot because people tend to trust communication from supposed social network friends. Research shows that as much as 2% of all Web traffic for businesses comes from accessing social sites like Facebook, My Space and Linkedin.

Orthus sees risk not only in the social networks but in the technology that supports them, such as URL shortening services (short URLs), which eliminate the user’s ability to read the real Web address and decide if a link is safe to follow.
Spam volume has also increased, as much as 30% to 40% spam volume increase is projected for 2010 and the continued proliferation of online banking Trojans.

In an ideal world, businesses would be 100% secure and protected from all the security threats no matter how sophisticated they are, but that is seldom the case.
To help businesses combat the problem, Orthus offers industry first 100% security warrantee, under its Business as Usual, GuaranteedTM service, providing complete financial coverage for data breaches and downtime attributed to unauthorised access in response to dramatic increase in data.

The landmark “money-back” guarantee provides financial warrantees in the event of a breach subsequent to the implementation of the remedial activities cited in the security penetration testing report produced by Orthus. (http://www.orthusintel.com)

The service is comprised of a customise-scoped, manually conducted, (application or network level) security validation model, including training and awareness for threats associated with social networking and web 2.0.
It utilises a wide variety of market-leading tools followed by a detailed analysis of the vulnerabilities identified against the client’s business objectives and the design of cost-effective remedial actions to mitigate the vulnerabilities discovered.

All Orthus Business as Usual, GuaranteedTM services are implemented alongside existing technology, people and processes minimising disruption and where failures occur; organisations are back up and running in the shortest time possible and their full costs are covered including disclosure, regulatory fines, legal fees downtime and recovery costs.

The services ensure that incidents are identified before they become major problems and customers can continue to do Business as Usual, GuaranteedTM to discuss how Orthus could help you contact Orthus or visit http://www.orthusintel.com

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Orthus is a leading provider of Information Security, Business Continuity, and Data Compliance services, with over 100,000 supported systems globally. Orthus provides a range of simple packaged solutions to identify, minimise and manage security, compliance and business continuity gaps before incidents escalate.

These services are delivered by Orthus resilient infrastructure and supported by expert consultants backed up by unsurpassed service level guarantees and full cost coverage for data breaches, compliance failures and downtime. This ensures incidents are caught before they become major problems and customers can continue with Business as Usual, Guaranteed at a low predicable cost. For more information, please visit http://www.orthusintel.com.

Media Contacts: US: James Tanner Orthus (+1) 800-607-5616 EMEA: Penny Reyes Orthus (+44) 800-081-1963 APAC: Connie Bryan Orthus (+852) 800-930-768