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. As businesses extend their IP telephony deployments to locations beyond the LAN, securing the VoIP infrastructure will become increasingly important.

“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.”

Recent research by In-Stat found the following:

• Over 80% of survey respondents have deployed some type of VoIP solution in their companies.
• Although over 40% of the respondents do not have specific plans for securing VoIP deployments, most have budgets in place.
• Between 2007 and 2010, 168 million IP PBX lines will be shipped into the business premises.
• Usage of collaboration and conferencing products that leverage VoIP is increasing.

As businesses extend their IP telephony deployments to locations beyond the LAN, securing the VoIP infrastructure will become increasingly important. Although there continues to be a fair amount of hype around VoIP security, In-Stat believes tracking IP telephony trends is crucial to understanding the demand for VoIP security products and services.

About this study

The research report, “US Businesses Lag In Securing VoIP” (#IN0804266CT), covers the US business market for VoIP. This research provides VoIP equipment shipment information and end-user survey data. It includes traditional and IP PBX line shipment forecast, 2006-2011; IP Phone forecast by phone type, 2006-2011; and data from a survey of 299 IT professionals about their security plans for VoIP technology.

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