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Please contact:
Jeff Claudino
Director of Sales, Insider Research Services
619-229-9940
or via email at:
claudino@lightreading.com |
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| Unified Communications: A Sense of Insecurity |
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The security issues that manifested themselves when network operators and technology suppliers began to converge voice and data networks proved difficult to solve; but the challenges that face service providers and vendors regarding unified communications (UC) are even more daunting, if only because UC encompasses a much wider range of services, including conventional voice and data, as well as wireless, IM, video, presence, and collaboration services. Vendors are quickly realizing that individual system security protocols aren't built to withstand the integration of multiple systems, and they’re now scrambling to ensure a robust security environment for UC applications.
But even as vendors put technologies in place to provide protection from existing and impending threats, the likelihood of a major and successful attack on UC systems is growing for one simple reason: end-user failure to implement security techniques properly. Simple measures such as encryption aren't utilized by customers – even though their UC platforms enable such protection – leaving vendors to wonder what kind of disaster must occur before enterprises realize the need for implementing the security measures on UC platforms.
In other cases, vendors are working diligently to build more security into UC platforms, teaming up with third-party security experts and, in some cases, with vendors that normally would be considered competition. This is done to ensure the security of UC platforms. The message, it seems, is that no effort is too extreme to ensure that UC stays secure.
Unified Communications: A Sense of Insecurity examines security issues in the UC market, providing an in-depth examination of what attacks are likely in the UC arena and where those attacks are likely to occur. It examines measures vendors are developing to provide security for UC platforms, including how to protect against attacks, as well as plans for security in the field. Additionally, this report provides a comparative analysis of 12 top companies in the UC industry and how their products address UC.
This report provides critical data and analysis for a range of industry participants, including:
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UC technology suppliers looking for an independent assessment of the UC security market and opportunities. |
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Network operators evaluating deployment of UC security platforms and applications. |
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Investors needing a better understanding of the scale of the opportunity that UC security presents, and which companies are best positioned to take advantage of that opportunity. |
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| Sample research data from the report is shown in the excerpts below: |
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 Table of Contents (vsi0708_toc.pdf) |
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| Suppliers of unified communications systems all foresee damaging attacks on UC installations, but they do not all agree on where the greatest vulnerabilities lie. The following table summarizes where key vendors see the biggest areas of vulnerability for UC. |
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| [click on the image above for the full excerpt] |
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 Companies analyzed in this report include: Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU); Applied Voice & Speech Technologies Inc. (AVST); Avaya Inc. (NYSE: AV); Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO); Clarus Systems Inc.; FaceTime Communications Inc.; IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM); Interactive Intelligence Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ); Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT); NEC Corp. (Pink Sheets: NIPNY); ShoreTel Inc. (Nasdaq: SHOR); Sipera Systems Inc. |
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| Other companies mentioned in this report include: Acme Packet Inc. (Nasdaq; APKT); Akonix Systems Inc.; Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP); Integrated Research Ltd. (ASX: IRI); NetQoS Inc.; Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC). |
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