“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:
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.
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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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