Visible to the public WhatsApp: Cyber Security Risk Management, Governance and Control

TitleWhatsApp: Cyber Security Risk Management, Governance and Control
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsKhan, Rida, Barakat, Salma, AlAbduljabbar, Lulwah, AlTayash, Yara, AlMussa, Nofe, AlQattan, Maryam, Jamail, Nor Shahida Mohd
Conference Name2022 Fifth International Conference of Women in Data Science at Prince Sultan University (WiDS PSU)
KeywordsAccess controls, assets, Controls, Data Science, Freeware, governance, human factors, Internet telephony, Metrics, mobile applications, pubcrawl, Resiliency, risk management, risks, Scalability, security, security risk management, social networking (online), Threat, Vulnerability, whatsapp
AbstractThis document takes an in-depth approach to identify WhatsApp's Security risk management, governance and controls. WhatsApp is a communication mobile application that is available on both android and IOS, recently acquired by Facebook and allows us to stay connected. This document identifies all necessary assets, threats, vulnerabilities, and risks to WhatsApp and further provides mitigations and security controls to possibly utilize and secure the application.
DOI10.1109/WiDS-PSU54548.2022.00044
Citation Keykhan_whatsapp_2022