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    Organisations 'are not securing their VoIP systems'

    Tue 25-Mar-2008

    Many businesses are not taking steps to secure their VoIP systems, a new report has warned.

    Research from In-Stat noted that many companies are adopting VoIP systems and that this means that they are increasingly extending their IP telephony beyond their own networks.

    As a result, the company suggested that securing the VoIP infrastructure will become increasingly important.

    Victoria Fodale, In-Stat analyst, explained that "no mechanisms for securing VoIP had more than 50 per cent penetration across all sizes of business".

    She added: "Proactive measures, including periodic security audits and pre-deployment assessments had low percentages of penetration too, even among the larger organisations."

    Overall, the study suggested that around 80 per cent of firms had installed some form of VoIP solution.

    Recently, IDC suggested that VoIP implementation was a top priority for many chief information officers (CIOs).

    "This is no surprise as CIOs are now on the journey to enable their environments to be as flexible and 'future proofed' as possible," the firm added.
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