Numbers: Telcos Plan for Converged Voice/Data/Video Networks--But Not Security

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Some interesting tell-tale numbers in here -- via CSO Online.

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A recent survey of global telecom carriers conducted by IBM found that 85
percent of carriers plan to roll out IP-based next-generation networks
(NGNs) within the next five years. NGNs represent the convergence of voice,
data and video onto one network. But according to the survey, the 2007
State of Security in Carrier Service Delivery, NGNs pose inherent security
risks that carriers are not equipped to deal with. Only 46 percent of those
surveyed said they have a strategy in place for addressing security risks
posed by NGNs.

Because NGNs are based on IP, a highly exploited protocol, they will likely
be prone to the same security issues affecting the Internet. Nearly 36
percent of those surveyed said that security issues are impeding their
rollout of service bundles that include television, Internet and telephony.
However, that number is down from 55 percent in 2006.

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More numbers here:
http://www2.csoonline.com/blog_view.html?CID=33321

- - ferg

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