Method, system, and storage medium for secure communication utilizing social networking sites

A system for secure communication through social networking platforms, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• stored instructions translatable by the processor to perform:
• intercepting a network communication from a user device to a social networking platform, the system and the social networking platform being independently owned and operated in different computing environments, the network communication containing content for posting on the social networking platform;
• applying a data security filter to the content from the user device;
• determining, based at least on a result from the applying, whether the content from the user device contains private or sensitive information, whether the content is associated with any protected action, or whether the content is associated with any impermissible activity;
• responsive to the content being determined to contain the private or sensitive information, sending a placeholder instead of the private or sensitive information to the social networking platform such that the private or sensitive information is not viewable by unauthorized users on the social networking platform;
• responsive to the content being associated with a protected action, performing the protected action on the content;
• responsive to the content being associated with an impermissible activity, preventing the impermissible activity from acting on the content;
• and
• responsive to the content being determined to not contain the private or sensitive information, not being associated with any protected action, and not being associated with any impermissible activity, forwarding the content to the social networking platform without modifying the content.

A computer program product for secure communication through social networking platforms, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions translatable by a processor of a computer system to perform:

• intercepting a network communication from a user device to a social networking platform, the computer system and the social networking platform being independently owned and operated in different computing environments, the network communication containing content for posting on the social networking platform;
• applying a data security filter to the content from the user device;
• determining, based at least on a result from the applying, whether the content from the user device contains private or sensitive information, whether the content is associated with any protected action, or whether the content is associated with any impermissible activity;
• responsive to the content being determined to contain the private or sensitive information, sending a placeholder instead of the private or sensitive information to the social networking platform such that the private or sensitive information is not viewable by unauthorized users on the social networking platform;
• responsive to the content being associated with a protected action, performing the protected action on the content;
• responsive to the content being associated with an impermissible activity, preventing the impermissible activity from acting on the content;
• and
• responsive to the content being determined to not contain the private or sensitive information, not being associated with any protected action, and not being associated with any impermissible activity, forwarding the content to the social networking platform without modifying the content.