Businesses 'failing to secure VoIP'

Date: 25 Mar 2008

Despite the fact that Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions are quickly becoming a staple part of the business environment, new research suggests that many companies have not yet taken action to increase the security of these communication systems.

Research company In-Stat found that a large number of companies have done nothing extra to secure their VoIP, even though the infrastructure behind this technology is now being applied beyond the local area network (LAN) by many companies to their other sites around the world.

As a sample of the rest of the global communications market, the snapshot of the state of VoIP in the US revealed that over 40 per cent of companies have no specific plans in place for securing their deployments, despite the fact that most have budgets for this purpose.

"No mechanisms for securing VoIP had more than 50% penetration across all sizes of business," warned 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."

In-Stat also revealed that four fifths of the surveyed businesses have deployed some degree of VoIP functionality within their companies.

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