Assignment: Social Networking And Cybersecurity Best Practices
A. Create and use a LinkedIn account to interact with friends
Note: For these activities within LinkedIn, you are welcome to include your professor and other students in the class. However, you do not have to. You are welcome to just use your known friends.
B. Perform the following specific activities:
1. If needed, create your LinkedIn account.
2. Login and complete and personalize your profile.
3. While completing your profile, be sure to include current and previous position, education, personal and additional information as appropriate.
4. Find connections to your friends
5. Research a couple of companies you might be interested in seeking employment within the future.
6. Configure and customize your privacy settings in LinkedIn.
C. Prepare a well-written paper no more than 3-5 pages in length.
In this paper you will cover the process of setting up the LinkedIn account, issues you encountered, privacy settings and the justification for selecting those setting, and how you envision using this account in the future. Discuss any personal or computer security issues you have with using LinkedIn.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.