Using ArcSight ESM to Identify Online Predators
Every day, over two thousand children are reported missing. In some cases, those children have fallen victim to online predators. With the advent of social networking sites, pedophiles and other sexual predators have found what they consider a safe ground where they can observe, research and stalk their intended victims without detection by authorities.
The rules of "stranger danger" have been completely redefined with the advent of the Internet. No longer does a stranger have to physically approach a child before the child senses danger. Now, online pedophiles can learn about their targets online – via their social networking Web pages, their friends’ pages, or by observing and conversing with them in the chat rooms where they hang out. Many children have been abducted by predators who knew everything about the victim’s social life: where they lived, went to school, and where they worked or played.
Parents and children need to be wise to these patterns of behavior, and consider all the ramifications for what they post on the Internet. Meanwhile, social networking sites need to become more adept at finding these predators in their midst before they can strike at their intended targets. In February 2009, MySpace removed over 90,000 known sexual predators. This type of due diligence is vital to the safety of our children, and the most successful efforts have enterprise threat and risk management systems at the core.
The purpose of this business case is to document methods the ArcSight ESM correlation engine uses that can assist social networking sites in identifying online predators.
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