Abstract:
The study point out an evaluation in Network and Information Security course. It's a Survey on Security Issues in Social Networks. Use of Social Networks goes increasing. A huge amount of information they contain makes them and users on them privileged target of diverse attacks and threats. Network and Information Security is a major part of IT and professional in related domains have carried many researches about it. Different principles, concepts, mechanisms, methods, techniques and other aspects have been implemented to ensure and strengthen security on devices, data, networks, and clouds and so on. Advantages and challenges occur at different levels. Among other different methods applied on different accounts in social networks as well as in emails, one is using phone as a supplement factor way of authentication. The survey discusses some considerations on confidentiality in Social Networks, name breaches and threats, and especially the two-factor authentication using mobile phone, its advantages and challenges. At the end we present our conclusion and give an idea on possible further research as a way to strengthen confidentiality and avoid regrets in social networks.
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