[01-06-2009]
In this article, Morse's Donal Casey addresses the security risks posed by social networking, and puts them in context. The real threat from social networking is not a straightforward matter of security, but comes more from data loss.
"As a standalone item, they would be five or six on a list of 10 [information security threats] so not massively high. However, as part of other strategies - such as data loss prevention - they would be number one or two as they provide an easy way for unregulated information to leave the environment."