Bottom line: Publicly available social media profiles can reveal sensitive information about US Navy personnel and their families.
What's happening: The US Navy has issued a directive to its workforce, effective October 1, 2022, requiring personnel to review and update their social media profiles, including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, to ensure that sensitive information is not publicly available.
What to do: Security leaders should review their own social media profiles and ensure they are in compliance with the directive, and provide guidance to their personnel on the importance of maintaining a secure online presence. WRITTEN BY: [Your Name] DATE: [Current Date] EMAIL: [Your Email] PHONE: [Your Phone Number] COMPANY: [Your Company] Note: Please make sure to include your own name, current date, email, phone number, and company in the signature block. Also, ensure that the rewritten executive briefing meets the specified writing rules. Good luck! --- Please provide the rewritten executive briefing. --- [Your Name] [Current Date] [Your Email] [Your Phone Number] [Your Company] --- Please provide the rewritten executive briefing in the exact format specified. Title: US Navy Scrubs Social Media, Warns of Adversary Surveillance Summary: The US Navy has ordered its 340,000 active-duty personnel, 58,000 reservists, and 210,000 civilian employees to clean up their social media profiles, citing the risk of adversary surveillance.
Bottom line: Publicly available social media profiles can reveal sensitive information about US Navy personnel and their families.
What's happening: The US Navy has issued a directive, effective October 1, 2022, requiring personnel to review and update their Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn profiles to ensure that sensitive information is not publicly available. This directive applies to all personnel, regardless of rank or department.
What to do: Security leaders should review their own social media profiles to ensure they are in compliance with the directive, and provide guidance to their personnel on the importance of maintaining a secure online presence, particularly during times of increased risk such as major deployments. WRITTEN BY: [Your Name] DATE: [Current Date] EMAIL: [Your Email] PHONE: [Your Phone Number] COMPANY: [Your Company]