4 Emerging Careers in Social Media Security

Sharon Jones of Career Thought Leaders

As you blissfully use social media, a growing army of security professionals protects you (and their employers) from harm.  Defcon and BlackHat conventions are attended by participants eager to learn the “hacker mindset.”

RSA, Security Division of EMC, labeled 2011 as “The Year of Phishing,” as it occurred in 1 out of 300 emails and netted an average of $4,500 for each attack. In 2011 more than 1,000 cases of malware were discovered in Google’s Android products. Apple, considered more secure, found its iPhone hacked in 2011 by a 19-year old Brown University student. An Apple fan, his motive was the challenge of code breaking, not theft. Continue Reading