Posted on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
In-Stat Survey Finds US Businesses Lagging in Securing VoIP
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Although VoIP may be on its way to widespread adoption, research indicates that many US businesses haven’t yet taken steps to increase security for VoIP systems, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). As businesses extend their IP telephony deployments to locations beyond the LAN, securing the VoIP infrastructure will become increasingly important, the high-tech market research firm says.
“According to an In-Stat survey of US businesses, no mechanisms for securing VoIP had more than 50% penetration across all sizes of business,” says Victoria Fodale, In-Stat analyst. “Proactive measures, including periodic security audits and pre-deployment assessments had low percentages of penetration too, even among the larger organizations.”
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