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Users Become More Savvy at Managing Online Privacy and Reputation

A common role for IT is that of watch guard for users, endlessly trying to educate and train on best practices for security, privacy and regulatory compliance. Making that IT role all the more challenging is bring your own device and social networking trends; both have increasingly opened the door to users’ potential for widespread sharing of personal and company information. Is it possible that some of the training and education is becoming so mainstream that it is being echoed outside the business realm?

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