There are a number of risks and vulnerabilities associated with the use of the social software also known as blogs. To appreciate how likely they are to occur, you must acknowledge that employees will use these blogging tools whether you want them to or not, especially outside of the workplace. The challenge comes in balancing employee rights versus employer responsibilities. There are a number of examples in case law where employers have been held responsible for the acts of their employees.

Some of the more common vulnerabilities include:

• Sending/receipt of inappropriate content
• Release of confidential business information
• Failure to retain cusiness records
• SPIM/phishing/social engineering attacks
• Virus/worm attacks
• Employee Misbehavior
• Viewing innapropriate content
• Misuse of corporate assets
• Release of confidential business information
• Introduction of viruses/worms
• Vulnerability to phishing/social engineering attacks
• Employee misbehavior

Of course, with these vulnerabilities are related business risks that include:

• Litigation
• Sexual harassment claims
• Lost time/productivity
• Network attacks/lost data
• Litigation
• Lost customers
• Lost opportunities
• Bad public relations/press