Inc.: Cybersecurity Predictions for 2016 - the Experts Speak

"We can expect to see more attacks leveraging social engineering and social media based information, advanced ransomware, Internet of Things related security problems, and more advanced products that require less human intervention."

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http://www.inc.com/joseph-steinberg/cybersecurity-predictions-for-2016-the-experts-speak.html

Social Media Today: How Automation Optimizes Your Social Media Marketing Effort

"Being social also means that you are exposed to potential damage. A marketer needs to stay abreast of any social media activity that poses social risks to a business, its brand value, or employee recognition. And employees create by far the biggest risk in that regard. A business needs to ensure compliance with government rules and regulations, as well as to protect its data and reputation.

Tools like SecureMySocial give employees real-time warnings if they are violating a company’s policies by leaking data, saying inappropriate things, breaking laws, or doing other things wrong. It scans posts by employees made from anywhere for internal keywords like product names, employee names, IP terms, and any foul language, and, if it finds a problem, either immediately lets an employee know, or, if the employee allows it to, automatically removes the post without requiring anyone to have to think about what might go wrong. It also scans posts to protect employees from harming themselves: their careers, their relationships, their finances, and even their physical safety. The best part is that you can customize security rules based on the nature of your business and employees will get automatic alerts in real time – so you can protect your business and your employees from harm without having to monitor them."

For the full article please visit: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/how-automation-optimizes-your-social-media-marketing-effort#sthash.dp56N6bx.dpuf

Social Media Explorer: How to Plan a Rockstar B2B Social Media Marketing Plan

"For more robust protection, and to prevent employee posts from causing problems whether they are positive or negative, tools like SecureMySocial are best to use. SecureMySocial will not only monitor and address posts that employees make related to your brand, but it will also notify employees in real time if they are making other kinds of posts that may be problematic: such as giving away sensitive information, saying things that could help competitors, making posts that break laws, or even giving hackers information they need to hack you. Alerts will be delivered privately to the employees and let them know that the content they have posted may be potentially harmful and ask them to remove it, or, if you authorize SecureMySocial to do so, it can even automatically remove such posts immediately. For larger businesses, SecureMySocial is a must."

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Inc.: How a Single Social Media Blunder Cost a University $2-Million

A single social media incident cost the University of Illinois $2-Million. Here is what happened, and how you can protect yourself from similar problems.

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Social Media Club: How to Increase Relevant Social Media Shares for Your Content

This article in Social Media Club notes that:

"In some cases we need the opposite help; we make social media posts that can harm us. For businesses, reputation management, information protection, and obeying laws are imperative, but employees using social media can easily undermine these efforts. With Social Media real time protection technologies likeSecureMySocial, businesses can give employees a tool that will alert the employees if they make social media posts that can cause problems. If employees allow, SecureMySocial can automatically delete such posts. Using this real time solution can help a brand avoid a reputation management issue or regulatory violations, and can protect employees from harming their careers or getting into trouble in other ways."

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Entrepreneur Names SecureMySocial One of the "The Top Social Media Tools for Working Smarter, Not Harder"

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SecureMySocial

Every business should have a social-media policy. Social-media policies are designed to keep companies and employees safe from legal and regulatory actions, employment termination, and reputation-management issues. We hear about employees being let go all the time over things posted to social media that violate a company’s policy.

SecureMySocial, a new offering created by cybersecurity veteran, Joseph Steinberg, alerts people in real time if they make social-media posts that may break the law, violate internal-policy guidelines, deface their employer’s brand, or might otherwise harm either the person making the post or their employer. Within seconds of a problematic post being made from anywhere, SecureMySocial can notify the poster with information as to why the post may be problematic and instructions on how to remove the post, or it can even automatically and instantly delete the post if so authorized. This is a potential lifesaver.

Inc.: 7 Ways This Cybersecurity Expert Wants You to Protect Yourself Against Hackers

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Inverse: The 5.6 Million-Fingerprint Breach Could Haunt Its Victims Forever

Inverse: The 5.6 Million-Fingerprint Breach Could Haunt Its Victims Forever

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SocialMedia.Biz: The 3 Major Risks of Using Social Media in Your Business

SocialMedia.Biz: The 3 Major Risks of Using Social Media in Your Business

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SecureMySocial Unveils Automatic Deletion Technology for Problematic Social Media Posts: Offers Unparalleled Protection for Businesses and their Employees

SecureMySocial Unveils Automatic Deletion Technology for Problematic Social Media Posts
Offers Unparalleled Protection for Businesses and their Employees

SecureMySocial announced today the availability of its new auto-deletion technology for problematic social media posts. Now available for Twitter, the service allows people and businesses to configure SecureMySocial to automatically, in real time, delete Tweets as they are made, if the posts are deemed likely to violate laws, harm the poster’s career or personal relationships, put the poster or his/her children in physical danger, bully others, leak confidential data, or inflict harm in other ways.

Reports of inappropriate social media posts causing all sorts of professional and personal problems appear in the media nearly every day. Bad posts by employees – and disciplinary actions taken as a result – have caused businesses to be sued, investigated, and fined, and have cost fortunes as leaked data has undermined investment in marketing campaigns and research projects.

“With SecureMySocial’s patent-pending Auto-Deletion technology, businesses can protect themselves and their employees from risks that were previously not addressable. People using personal social media accounts during non-work hours could inadvertently harm their employers or themselves. With SecureMySocial that risk is dramatically reduced,” noted Joseph Steinberg, CEO of SecureMySocial.

To learn more about SecureMySocial please visit www.SecureMySocial.com.

About SecureMySocial

SecureMySocial protects businesses and people from the risks of inappropriate social media usage by warning users of social media in real time if they are making posts that could harm themselves or their employers. Problematic posts can also be optionally auto-deleted in real time. By offering SecureMySocial to employees, businesses may reduce their exposure to bad publicity, human resource issues, lawsuits, and regulatory fines. For more information please visit www.SecureMySocial.com, send email to info@SecureMySocial.com, or call +1 (646) 546-5621.

Joseph Steinberg, CEO of SecureMySocial, to Speak at Cyber Security Summit: Will Provide Thought Leadership on Emerging Risks and Cutting-Edge Protective Technologies

New York, NY, August 24, 2015 - SecureMySocial announced today that Joseph Steinberg, CEO of SecureMySocial, will speak at the 2015 New York Cyber Security Summit, providing thought leadership to attendees of the annual gathering of senior executives tasked with securing information and systems.

Joseph Steinberg, CEO of SecureMySocial

Steinberg, who also writes a cybersecurity thought leadership column for Inc., will moderate and participate in a panel discussion entitled “What Emerging Risks Are Likely To Become Major Threats, And What New Countermeasures & Cutting Edge Technologies Can Assist In Defending Against Them?”

The New York Cyber Security Summit, taking place this year on September 18th, is an annual, invitation-only conference that connects C-Level and other senior executives responsible for protecting their companies’ critical infrastructures with cutting-edge technology providers and renowned information security experts. It is sponsored by The Wall Street Journal, Palo Alto Networks, and various other technology firms.

To register for the summit please visit: http://cybersummitusa.com/2015-new-york-city/

To learn more about SecureMySocial please visit www.SecureMySocial.com.

About SecureMySocial

SecureMySocial protects businesses and people from the risks of inappropriate social media usage by warning users of social media in real time if they are making posts that could harm themselves or their employers. By offering SecureMySocial to employees, businesses may reduce their exposure to bad publicity, human resource issues, lawsuits, and regulatory fines. For more information please visit www.SecureMySocial.com, send email to info@SecureMySocial.com, or call +1 (646) 546-5621.

Inc. to Publish Column by Joseph Steinberg, CEO of SecureMySocial

New York, NY - August 20, 2015 - SecureMySocial announced today that Inc., one of America’s leading business publications, has begun carrying the popular column written by SecureMySocial’s CEO, Joseph Steinberg.

In his column, Business, CyberSecurity, and Life, Steinberg offers thought leadership on topics related to both cybersecurity and running a business, as well as some general human interest pieces. Steinberg’s column, which was previously published by Forbes since the column's inception in 2012, attracted over three million readers last year.

Steinberg’s column appears on Inc. at: http://www.inc.com/author/joseph-steinberg

For more about Joseph Steinberg please visit: http://www.JosephSteinberg.com/

To learn more about SecureMySocial please visit http://www.SecureMySocial.com

About SecureMySocial

SecureMySocial protects businesses and people from the risks of inappropriate social media usage by warning users of social media in real time if they are making posts that could harm themselves or their employers. By offering SecureMySocial to employees, businesses may reduce their exposure to bad publicity, human resource issues, lawsuits, and regulatory fines. For more information please visit www.SecureMySocial.com, send email to info@SecureMySocial.com, or call +1 (646) 546-5621.

Inc.: How Your Business Can Stay Cyber-Secure Without Spending a Fortune

How Your Business Can Stay Cyber-Secure Without Spending a Fortune

"Inappropriate social media posts can cause many problems – such as leaking sensitive information, violating compliance rules, and assisting criminals to carry out attacks. Implement technology to ensure social media does not become a nightmare (of course, I recommend SecureMySocial); do not rely on simply telling people not to make particular types of posts on Facebook or Twitter – history tells us that many people simply do not realize when they are making such posts, and even those who do, may inadvertently leak data when posting from a smartphone that auto-corrects a misspelled word to a sensitive, internal term."

Society for Human Resource Management Article Discusses SecureMySocial

Society for Human Resource Management quotes SecureMySocial CEO, Joseph Steinberg...

“Tools like www.SecureMySocial.com can warn you if you (or any of your employees) post something that you should not. This can have other HR benefits as well."

Please read the article here.

Technology Investment-Banking Star, Maria Lewis Kussmaul, Joins SecureMySocial Advisory Board

SecureMySocial announced today that Maria Lewis Kussmaul, co-founder and partner at AGC Partners, has joined its Advisory Board. Ms. Kussmaul will provide insight and counsel to SecureMySocial as the firm delivers the world’s first system to protect businesses from the risks of their employees using social media, by warning people in real time if they are making social media posts that could harm themselves or their employers.

Maria Lewis Kussmaul is Co-Founder of AGC Partners, the top-ranked, tech-focused boutique investment bank with 246 transactions completed since 2003. Prior to co-founding AGC Partners, Maria was a co-founder, general and venture partner of Castile Ventures, a seed and early stage venture capital firm. Earlier, Ms. Kussmaul’s career spanned three Wall Street firms – Smith Barney, Shearson Lehman, and Cowen & Co., culminating with her serving as global head of Cowen’s data networks & Internet investment banking activities. Previously, she was named to the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team for thirteen consecutive years. Ms. Kussmaul holds a BA in Economics from Rutgers University, an MBA from Wharton School of Business, and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Commenting on her joining SecureMySocial’s Advisory Board, Ms. Kussmaul noted: “As more and more organizations embrace social media as a branding, communication and marketing resource, the risks of social media exposure are becoming ever more apparent.  SecureMySocial alerts individuals and organizations if a post that they are making may be damaging to their brand or reputation, or compromise confidential information, enabling timely removal and risk mitigation.  Innovative, pioneering and affording near zero touch deployment, SecureMySocial is an essential component of any cybersecurity arsenal.”

Joseph Steinberg, Founder and CEO of SecureMySocial, expressed the firm’s sentiments regarding Ms. Kussmaul’s joining its Advisory Board. “Maria Lewis Kussmaul is widely recognized as a leading expert on the technology industry in general, and on the cybersecurity sector specifically. She brings to SecureMySocial a wealth of knowledge and a stellar record of accomplishment, having both advised numerous firms in strategic capacities and facilitated and executed many major transactions. We are thankful and honored that she has agreed to join SecureMySocial’s Advisory Board.”

About SecureMySocial

SecureMySocial protects businesses and people from the risks of inappropriate social media usage by warning users of social media in real time if they are making posts that could harm themselves or their employers. By offering SecureMySocial to employees, businesses may reduce their exposure to bad publicity, human resource issues, lawsuits, and regulatory fines. For more information please visitwww.SecureMySocial.com, send email to info@SecureMySocial.com, or call +1 (646) 546-5621.

Entrepreneur: 4 Essentials to Secure Your Business Even From State-Sponsored Online Threats

This article discusses various threats to businesses and includes the following quote from Joseph Steinberg, CEO of SecureMySocial:

“People forget that employees can leak data from home or mobile devices. This has become a dramatically larger problem since the dawn of social media and the entrance into the workforce of a generation of people who grew up oversharing on social media. Technology implemented at the perimeter of an organization does not do anything to prevent these types of leaks, so standard data leak prevention (DLP) solutions are often insufficient.” 

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CIO Magazine: How your employees put your organization at risk

CIO discusses various risks posed by employees -- including how their use of social media can harm a business.

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Rhonda MacLean, Former CISO of Boeing, Bank of America, and Barclays, Joins SecureMySocial Advisory Board

SecureMySocial announced today that Rhonda MacLean, former Chief Information Security Officer of Boeing, Bank of America, and Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Bank, has joined its Advisory Board.

Rhonda MacLean

May 5, 2015 - NEW YORK -- SecureMySocial announced today that Rhonda MacLean, former Chief Information Security Officer of Boeing, Bank of America, and Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Bank, has joined its Advisory Board. Ms. Maclean will provide insight and counsel to SecureMySocial as the firm delivers the world’s first system to protect businesses from the risks of employees using social media, by warning people in real time if they are making social media posts that could harm themselves or their employers.

Ms. MacLean is presently the CEO of MacLean Risk Partners, a risk-management consulting company, and serves on the Board of Directors of several cybersecurity and fraud-prevention companies including RedSeal and ThreatMetrix. She previously served as Chief Information Security Officer for Boeing, Bank of America, and Barclays, PLC, Global Retail and Commercial Bank in London, and served on the Board of Directors of Vontu and PGP Corporation, leading technology companies dedicated to providing data protection and data loss solutions, both of which were acquired by Symantec. She has also served as Adjunct Distinguished Senior Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s Information Networking Institute.

Earlier in her career, Ms. MacLean was appointed by the United States Secretary of the Treasury to serve as the sector coordinator and chairperson of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security. She has won many awards including having been named by Network World, on multiple occasions, as one of the most powerful 50 people in the networking field, and winning the CSO Compass Award for Industry Leadership, CIO Digest EMEA Visionary Award, and the Executive Women’s Forum’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Commenting on her joining SecureMySocial’s Advisory Board, Ms. MacLean noted: “Effectively harnessing the power and the opportunities to use social media to drive business is rapidly becoming an essential tool for many enterprises. But, just as social media can enhance a brand, it can just as quickly damage it. SecureMySocial is an innovative, easy to implement and use tool that protects your company and personal brand. SecureMySocial should be a part of any organization’s basic security and data loss prevention hygiene.”

Joseph Steinberg, Founder and CEO of SecureMySocial, expressed the firm’s sentiments regarding Ms. Maclean joining its Advisory Board. “Rhonda MacLean is widely recognized for her superb record of accomplishment as CISO of multiple major corporations,” said Steinberg. “She brings to SecureMySocial a wealth of knowledge and experience, and we are grateful that she has agreed to serve on the firm’s Advisory Board.”

About SecureMySocial

SecureMySocial protects businesses and people from the risks of inappropriate social media usage by warning users of social media in real time if they are making posts that could harm themselves or their employers. By offering SecureMySocial to employees, businesses may reduce their exposure to bad publicity, data leaks, human resource issues, lawsuits, and regulatory fines. For more information please visit www.SecureMySocial.com or call +1 (646) 546-5621.

Forbes: Are You Spending Your Information-Security Budget On The Wrong Technology?

“Which firewall should I use?” is a question that I am frequently asked when I meet businesspeople at conferences and networking events.

While it may sound innocuous, this inquiry is, in fact, indicative of a disturbing trend found among both businesspeople and consumers vis-à-vis the security of their valuable and private information: investing too much attention and money (from limited budgets) in areas in which they already benefit from relatively solid security, and, therefore, have disproportionately low returns on improvements, while all but ignoring various gaping holes.

Read the full article here for four areas that often are given insufficient consideration, but which you should be thinking about – and investing in – before it is too late.

SecureMySocial Goes Live

April 21, 2014 - As of today, SecureMySocial for Business is live, available, and in production. Businesses wishing to protect themselves against the risks of social media – such as data leaks and damaging posts – should take advantage of the system that notifies employees in real time if they are making potentially problematic tweets or posts. For more information please contact SecureMySocial at info@securemysocial.comor by phone at +1 (646) 546-5621.

Nearly Half Of 'Game of Thrones' Upcoming Season Leaks Online -- Was HBO Hacked?

Yesterday, one day before season five of the popular HBO show, Game of Thrones, was scheduled to premier on television, someone released copies of four upcoming episodes, making them available to the public via the Torrent system frequently used for disseminating illegal copies of videos. By early this morning, the video files had been downloaded at least 800,000 times.

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ISIS Blacks Out French Television Station Broadcasts -- CyberTerrorism Has Arrived

On Wednesday night, parties claiming to belong to the Islamic State (ISIS) blacked out broadcasts on 11 channels of French television station, TV5Monde, as well as breached and defaced the network’s social media accounts.

The massive hack-attack – which took the station off the air for hours and disrupted normal operations for nearly a day – was certainly not the first assault directed by Islamic extremists at media outlets, but, the technological sophistication of this week’s broad takedown of a network does seem to represent a significant escalation of capabilities; if this action was truly carried out by ISIS, it is evidence that the group may have far more advanced cyberwar capabilities than was conventionally believed to be the case.


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The White House Was Hacked -- Could It Happen Again?

On Tuesday it was reported that foreign spies likely breached sensitive computer systems in the White House and State Department. The attack is believed to have begun with a targeted phishing email; foreign agents tricked at least one American worker into taking unsafe actions that opened the door for hackers who ultimately expanded their attack into a major breach.

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