<p>Software security company www.clearswift.com gives some advice this holiday season to make sure employees don't end up on Santa's naughty list!</p><p>At a fundamental business level, social media is a useful additional tool for communicating and collaborating with customers, colleagues and new business prospects. From an HR point of view, the social web is not only useful for recruitment but also as a knowledge network. At an employee level, social media is changing the way we work: Employees increasingly expect to be able to access personal technology and services in the workplace. As the lines between work and home life blur, staff are looking for greater flexibility in their roles; working from home is an increasing trend, but so too is 'home-ing from work', where staff expect to be able to perform personal tasks at work.</p><p>But social media brings risk and reward to business in equal measure. Information security is a key concern: Many organisations view social media channels as yet another route along which sensitive data can escape from the business, whether accidentally or maliciously. On top of this, senior management may be concerned about the amount of time employees spend on social networks.</p><p>This cultural shift raises new questions about trust in the workplace, the balance of power in employer / employee relationship and levels of control over people and content.</p><p><a href="http://www.cso.com.au/jobs/view/12173/sharepoint-consultant/">Keep reading...</a></p>