An employee in your company has received a friend request from someone claiming to be a coworker. The employee views the profile and sees that there are mutual friends from the company and the profile includes work-related posts. What should the employee do to maintain confidentiality best practices before accepting the request?
Ignore the friend request
Verify the identity of the individual by other means
The correct answer is Verify the identity of the individual by other means because it is essential to confirm identities outside the platform to prevent incidents of social engineering. Even if there are mutual friends and related posts, these can be faked. Direct confirmation with the actual coworker or through internal directories would ensure the person is legitimate. Accepting the friend request immediately is incorrect because it assumes the profile is genuine without verification. Ignoring the request might be safe but does not actively address a potential impersonation issue. Blocking the profile could be a hasty decision without proper verification, as it could actually be a legitimate coworker.
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