HootSuite Launches Social Media Security Services Following Twitter Hackings

Several big-name publishers and brands have recently seen their Twitter accounts hacked, including The Onion, NPR, Financial Times, Associated Press, E! Online, the BBC, Agence France-Press, Burger King, and Jeep. In response, today, social media management firm HootSuite is launching HootSuite Security Services to help brands prevent social media attacks.

Several big-name publishers and brands have recently seen their Twitter accounts hacked, including The Onion, NPR, Financial Times, Associated Press, E! Online, the BBC, Agence France-Press, Burger King, and Jeep. In response, today, social media management firm HootSuite is launching HootSuite Security Services to help brands prevent social media attacks.

HootSuite Security Services includes:

A social asset audit by social media security experts, which provides a corporate access control map of user access and permission levels for Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google+;
Secure profiles, which ensures employees don’t post messages to the wrong social accounts; and
Instant denial of access to social media accounts following hackings.

In addition, HootSuite Security Services provides Twitter alerts, notifications that an unapproved source has published a post.

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