phion News: Risk factor - Community portals

In the November issue of it&t business, there are warnings about the corporate security risks resulting from social network services. It is almost standard practice today that portals such as Xing or LinkedIn are used by many people as an extended CRM tool for contact management. In this context, Wieland Alge, CEO and co-founder of phion, points out that the communications here are encrypted, similar to online banking. And he adds: “People are sufficiently aware of the security loop holes related to online banking, but the risks associated with the networking portals are often not taken seriously enough.” This danger is addressed with the enhanced content security functions in phion netfence by making SSL encrypted data traffic and XML services controllable.