Secure Skype or ban it

Info-Tech Research Group has released a report entitled “Five Reason’s To Ban Skype� claiming that the popular VoIP technology is just too insecure for business use. They estimate that about 1/3 are business users.

Enterprises should put the application in the same category as Instant Messaging and other peer-to-peer apps. If they ban those, they should ban Skype says the research company.

Here are the five reasons to ban skype:

1. It’s too firewall-friendly.
2. It has too many vulnerabilities
3. It poses a communication barrier with other countries or institutions.
4. It violates established legal requirements.
5. It’s one more type of communication to secure, monitor, store, and archive.

Head over to voipnews.com.au for the whole article.

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