SWOT ANALYSIS OF CYBER SECURITY IN SOCIAL MEDIA

Abstract

Computer, smart phones and other devices play a very important role in the prediction of the economy and show the dignified status of an individual. Mobile phones have turned to become the basic necessity for a living. The usage of internet had been developing simultaneously like the population of the country.  These are done through social medias usually has evolved as a trend in recent days. Approximately around 168 million people use social media like facebook, whatsapp, twitter, instagram, etc., across the country. Because of widespread of social media there has been an increase in cyber crimes happening in Social Medias like cyber bullying, harassment or stalking. Cybercriminals exploit individual’s personal information through social medias as it is usual for users to add their personal information in them. Privacy has become an important concern in social sites. Users are unaware of privacy risks involved when they share personal information in their accounts. How to secure personal information has been a major concern for every user. It is very difficult for the social networking sites to change the privacy policy regularly. From this point of view the current paper is focused on the SWOT security issues in Social Media.