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.
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