Jay D. Krasnow krasnowj@georgetown.edu

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Go To Summary Of Findings
Go Back To Publications Page HOW JOB POSTINGS ON WEBSITES DISCLOSE
CORPORATE AND NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETS

Jay David Krasnow, M.A.

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this thesis is to develop a methodology for assessing whether a Website reveals too much information in its job listings. The threat is that official public information from a company might be used against that firm and the U.S. government. If too much information is revealed in a job listing then a perpetrator could use that information as a means for achieving some other end such as military intelligence, corporate/economic intelligence, terrorism, or other crimes such as blackmail or extortion. Information in job listings could be exploited by a number of means, including by drawing direct conclusions from the contents of an individual listing. This study examined the Websites of three defense firms. For each firm, 100 job vacancies were analyzed. The listings were evaluated in terms of a set of sensitivity criteria. The results showed that 81% of the listings satisfied at least one criteria and more than half satisfied at least three. Consequently, the author recommends that firms err on the side of caution when posting jobs on their Websites. In particular, the author advises that human resources personnel and division managers collaborate in reviewing job ads for potential threats before posting them on the Web.

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Background and Literature Review

Chapter 2: Methodology for Collecting and Evaluating the Data Sets

Chapter 3: Findings

Chapter 4: Conclusions and Future Research

Appendix A: Decriptions For Alpha

Appendix B: Criteria Table For Alpha

Appendix C: Decriptions For Bravo

Appendix D: Criteria Table For Bravo

Appendix E: Decriptions For Charlie

Appendix F: Criteria Table For Charlie

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Last Updated April 2000

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