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PRECAUTIONS FOR THE USE OF
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
FOR ANTITERRORISM AWARENESS
AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH
VOLUME II
MAY 2015
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Green, US Army
Purpose:
This guide provides a consolidation of current and relevant
precautionary and protective measures designed to mitigate the risk of using
social networking sites. The primary sources for information in this guide are
recently released official messages from Headquarters Department of the
Army and U.S. Northern Command as well as detailed information from the
Defense Media Activity and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command’s
Cyber Crime Investigation Unit. Citations and websites for source documents
are provided throughout to facilitate additional education.
Audience:
This guide is intended to assist the antiterrorism officers and Family
Readiness Groups at all levels in understanding the risks associated with using
social media and the common protective measures to mitigate those risks.
CONTENTS
Introduction—Stay Safe ..................................................................................... 1
DoD Precautions ................................................................................................. 3
Technical Protective Measures .......................................................................... 11
Additional Resources ........................................................................................ 23
Photo by Spc. Michael J. MacLeod, US Army
In light of the threats against Soldiers and their Families by terrorist
organizations, many DoD organizations to include the Department of the Army
have published social media messages and precautions. This guide provides
published precautions and recommended practices to help protect our
Soldiers and Families.
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Introduction—Stay Safe
STAY SAFE WHEN USING SOCIAL MEDIA
Social networking sites and other social media are popular with Army community
members, their families, and friends for keeping in touch. These media are also an
integral part of individual and organizational communications across the Army and
the broader Department of Defense. The role these media play in personal and official
communications requires security precautions, described in this guide. Follow these
precautions to protect yourself and your family, friends, and fellow Soldiers.
WHAT IS A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE?
A social networking site, according to the National Security Agency, “is a web-
based service that allows communities of people to share common interests and/or
experiences. Rather than “stay in touch by meeting face to face or with phone, text, or
video messages, social networking sites “allow users to publish information that can
be read later by other users (a one-to-many form of communication) and follow their
friends’ postings and provide comments.” Many social networking sites “also allow
users to logon from mobile devices that have web browser access to the Internet,
allowing them to check and update their accounts from virtually any location with a
Wi-Fi or cellular signal.”
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Associated Risks
Social networking sites “promote ‘social behavior’ and encourage users to share
information and inherently trust the information from those they are connected to within
the network. “Once information is posted or uploaded onto” a social networking site, “it
should no longer be considered private.”
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In fact, social networking sites can present
an operations security risk to military units and a direct risk to the individual: “Cyber
attacks [and other risks associated with using social networking sites] are a real and
present threat to the cyber security of government social media accounts,” according to
the Defense Media Activity.
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National Security Agency, Systems and Network Analysis Center, Information Assurance Directorate,
“Social Networking Sites,”
https://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/factsheets/I73-021R-2009.pdf
National Security Agency, “Social Networking Sites”
Defense Media Activity, “Guide to Keeping Your Social Media Accounts Secure,” 2015
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