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Social Network and Security Issues: Mitigating Threat through Reliable Security Model

by A.a. Obiniyi, O. N. Oyelade, P. Obiniyi
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 103 - Number 9
Year of Publication: 2014
Authors: A.a. Obiniyi, O. N. Oyelade, P. Obiniyi
10.5120/18099-9163

A.a. Obiniyi, O. N. Oyelade, P. Obiniyi . Social Network and Security Issues: Mitigating Threat through Reliable Security Model. International Journal of Computer Applications. 103, 9 ( October 2014), 1-7. DOI=10.5120/18099-9163

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author = { A.a. Obiniyi, O. N. Oyelade, P. Obiniyi },
title = { Social Network and Security Issues: Mitigating Threat through Reliable Security Model },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { October 2014 },
volume = { 103 },
number = { 9 },
month = { October },
year = { 2014 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 1-7 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume103/number9/18099-9163/ },
doi = { 10.5120/18099-9163 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
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Abstract

Social network sites have become de factor in establishing and maintaining good relationships across different continents and countries. Associations or connectivity has proven beneficial to people who share same interests professionally, research wise, in casual social connectivity, and companies have employed the social network in advancing their marketing strategies and it which have proven profitable. However, like other web applications that attract a great influx of visitors, the security of personal information of users in social network sites had suffered different security threats. This paper focuses on highlighting social network users on some security issues that are peculiar with social network. It proposes an algorithm and a model to circumventing security threats which are categorized into user authentication, data confidentiality and integrity.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Social Network Sites (SNS) Security

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