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QUESTION PYQ 09
GS3
15 marks

Social media and encrypting messaging services pose a serious security challenge. What measures have been adopted at various levels to address the security implications of social media? Also suggest any other remedies to address the problem.

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What the examiner wants

For Social Media / Encrypted Messaging Security, address directly in sequence: first, Social media and encrypting messaging services pose a serious security challenge.; then, What measures have been adopted at various levels to address the security implications of social media. Keep evidence and the conclusion tied to these exact limbs.

Address directlyAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Social media and encrypting messaging services pose a serious security challenge≈65 words
  2. 2What measures have been adopted at various levels to address the security implications of social media?≈65 words
  3. 3suggest any other remedies to address the problem≈65 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Threat formSource/network/channelSecurity-development impactPresent architectureLayered prevention/enforcement/development response for Social Media / Encrypted Messaging Security

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘Social media and encrypting messaging services pose a serious security challenge.’ while reducing ‘What measures have been adopted at various levels to address the security implications…’ to a token paragraph
  • Adding correct but adjacent facts on Social Media / Encrypted Messaging Security that do not advance the exact causal, comparative or evaluative task in this PYQ

Value addition

  • Social Media / Encrypted Messaging Security: threat network — source → channel → vulnerability → responsible institution → response
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Verified value additions

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