Website Social Media
Many organisations are using, or planning to use, social media tools such as, LinkedIn, Facebook®, YouTube and Twitter, but what about the risks? Businesses need to be aware of ‘hackers’ or threats that may leave those businesses vulnerable to data theft, downtime, financial losses and reputation damage.
One of the biggest risks comes from inadvertently downloading viruses, spyware and malware, which can damage your computer, its network and also extract confidential data - ensure your anti-virus and anti-malware software is up-to-date and run daily.
Developing a Company Social Media Policy is essential to set out how you expect employees to use social media (if at all) and remind them how their online behaviour may reflect on the organisation (even if just a mention of their Employer on their own personal pages?).
Cyber liability insurance may help to get your business back on its feet and can provide compensation to any customers affected. Compensation for multimedia claims, damage to third parties caused as a result of libel, slander, copyright infringement and invasion of privacy are amongst the perils that can also be covered by insurance.
For more information on covers that may be available to you, please contact us.
This article was added on 13-05-2011
