{"73981":{"#nid":"73981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTISC To Host VoIP Security Summit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), a national leader in information security research and education, today announced it will host the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Security Summit on \u003Cstrong\u003EThursday, April 21 \u003C\/strong\u003Eat \u003Cstrong\u003E3:00 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E at the \u003Cstrong\u003EGlobal Learning \u0026amp; Conference Center \u003C\/strong\u003Eon the Tech campus. One of the most innovative and controversial communications technologies today, VoIP enables consumers and businesses to use an Internet connection to carry their phone service. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022GTISC is committed to helping consumers and enterprises alike overcome security issues with new technologies, and the VoIP Security Summit is an important forum for examining the concerns and possible solutions for this exciting new option in phone service,\u0022 says Mustaque Ahamad, director of GTISC. \u0022We thank the executives from Avaya, BellSouth, Ciena, Covergence, Internet Security Systems and Telcordia for participating in the Summit and sharing their expertise with us.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the Summit, \u003Cstrong\u003EReed E. Hundt, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)\u003C\/strong\u003E and senior adviser to McKinsey \u0026amp; Company, will deliver the keynote address, entitled \u0022\u003Cem\u003EBrand New Day: Open Networks and Open Society\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0022 Hundt will explore whether the convergence of network technologies will or should lead to open networks and an open society.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, industry leaders from \u003Cstrong\u003EAvaya \u003C\/strong\u003E(NYSE: AV), \u003Cstrong\u003EBellSouth \u003C\/strong\u003E(NYSE: BLS), \u003Cstrong\u003ECiena Corporation \u003C\/strong\u003E(Nasdaq: CIEN), \u003Cstrong\u003ECovergence\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EInternet Security Systems \u003C\/strong\u003E(Nasdaq: ISSX), \u003Cstrong\u003ETelcordia Technologies\u003C\/strong\u003E, Inc., and \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech \u003C\/strong\u003Ewill participate in a panel discussion moderated by Georgia Tech\u0027s John P. Imlay Dean and Distinguished Professor of Computing Richard DeMillo. The panel will examine security challenges and potential approaches for addressing them, including the role of regulation, from the perspective of the different sectors related to this new technology. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the GTISC VoIP Security Summit and its participants, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/gtisc.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/gtisc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout GTISC \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Georgia Tech Information Security Center, 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":"Keynote by Reed E. Hundt, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Information Security Center hosts the Voice over Internet Protocol Security Summit on Thursday, April 21 at 3:00 p.m. to examine the security challenges of one of the most innovative and controversial communications technologies today.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hear about Voice over Internet Protocol security"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2005-04-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:27","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73982":{"id":"73982","type":"image","title":"Campanile","body":null,"created":"1449178037","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:17","changed":"1475894683","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:43"}},"media_ids":["73982"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/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":""}}}