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Is time to worry about UC security? In its latest report,
entitled “Unified Communications: A Sense of Insecurity,” Light
Reading thinks so.

Because UC integrates so many established and emerging
technologies, it is difficult to predict what future security problems might
crop up in the future. Combine that with
many existing security features in existing UC platforms that are not implemented
correctly, and there is some cause to be worried.

UC providers are turning to third-parties such as Clarus
Systems and Sipera to look over their systems and find vulnerabilities, as well
as encouraging customers to seek third-party assistance to review internal
security policies before installing a UC solution. Hosted solutions run by service providers may
be less vulnerable, but end-user misuse could “trickle up” to affect
larger UC installations.

Other tidbits include assigning enterprise users the
“most glaring point of vulnerability” when it comes to UC security
breaches and the potential damage from a major UC breach is leading Cisco,
Avaya, and Microsoft to work together to establish tighter UC security.

For more:
- Light Reading summary of its UC
security report

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