{"73978":{"#nid":"73978","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTISC Raises Awareness of VoIP Security Issues","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), a national leader in information security research and education, last week hosted the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Security Summit, which examined security challenges associated with the innovative communications technology that enables consumers and businesses to use an Internet connection to carry their phone service. Telecommunications and security industry leaders from companies throughout the United States, including Avaya (NYSE: AV), BellSouth (NYSE: BLS), Ciena Corporation (Nasdaq: CIEN), Covergence, Internet Security Systems (Nasdaq: ISSX) and Telcordia Technologies participated in the Summit.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022VoIP has the potential to provide service providers, vendors and customers alike with major economic and social benefits resulting in significant time and cost savings, increased productivity, and better usage of available resources,\u0022 said Mustaque Ahamad, director of GTISC. \u0022At the VoIP Security Summit, GTISC has begun to educate consumers and enterprises about the security issues associated with this technology, and promote solutions to these potential challenges.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 250 corporate executives, industry leaders and technologists from across the country attended the VoIP Security Summit, which was held in conjunction with the second annual Tom E. Noonan Distinguished Lecture on Information Security. Noonan currently is chairman, CEO and president of Atlanta-based enterprise security company Internet Security Systems. This year\u0027s Noonan Lecture, entitled \u0022\u003Cem\u003EBrand New Day: Open Networks and Open Society\u003C\/em\u003E\u0022, was delivered by Reed Hundt, the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and senior adviser to McKinsey \u0026amp; Company.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Voice over IP presents a complex security challenge that requires change if it is to be addressed,\u0022 said Hundt. \u0022The starting point of a real solution is bringing together the right people, and at the VoIP Security Summit, GTISC accomplished that. I am very optimistic that GTISC has created the forum and assembled the stakeholders needed to resolve these issues, and I look forward to seeing their blueprint for the future of Voice over IP security.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing Hundt\u0027s address, representatives from Avaya, BellSouth, Ciena Corporation, Covergence, Internet Security Systems, Telcordia and Georgia Tech participated in a panel about VoIP. Moderated by Richard DeMillo, the John P. Imlay Dean and Distinguished Professor of Computing at Georgia Tech, the panelists debated how security will impact the low service costs currently associated with VoIP, the role of public policy and regulation in leading security efforts, and whether security needs will be addressed before a major incident affects the network.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As industry leaders in telecommunications and information security, BellSouth and the other organizations represented at the VoIP Security Summit have a responsibility to monitor the challenges of next generation technologies as they develop,\u0022 said panelist Steve Zimba, director of voice strategy for BellSouth. \u0022Providing our customers with convenient, affordable and safe means of communications is BellSouth\u0027s top priority, and we are looking forward to working with GTISC and other industry participants to tackle the security issues posed by Voice over IP.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the VoIP Security Summit and GTISC, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.gtisc.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gtisc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\/.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech Information Security Center\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGTISC, a National Security Agency (NSA) Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education, is an interdisciplinary center involving faculty from Computing, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and the School of Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Recent Summit Brings Together Industry Leaders to Examine Voice over IP Security Challenges Facing Consumers and Enterprises"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Information Security Center recently hosted the Voice over Internet Protocol Security Summit, to examine security challenges with the technology that enables users to employ an Internet connection to carry their phone service.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Recent Summit examined VoIP security challenges"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2005-04-26 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73979":{"id":"73979","type":"image","title":"Reed Hundt speaks at Summit","body":null,"created":"1449178037","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:17","changed":"1475894683","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:43"},"73980":{"id":"73980","type":"image","title":"Panel of speakers discuss VoIP security.","body":null,"created":"1449178037","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:17","changed":"1475894683","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:43"}},"media_ids":["73979","73980"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtisc.gatech.edu\/","title":"GTISC"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}