If you are going to ITExpo West 2012 in Austin, make sure you attend my panel on this topic at 10:00am on Wednesday, October 3rd.
The panelists are Scott Beer of Ingate Systems, Jeff Dworkin of Sangoma, Eric Hernaez of NeSatpiens, Mykola Konrad of Sonus Networks, Jack Rynes of Avaya and John Nye of Genband.
The pitch for the panel is:
Supported by Session Border Controllers (SBCs) and Unified Communications (UC), enterprises can enable workers to essentially carry their desk phone extensions and features with them, wherever they are working on any given day – via VoIP clients and other UC applications on smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. With rich UC applications features such as call transfer, conference call, corporate directory listings, and presence, workers can collaborate and communicate in real-time, increasing productivity by maintaining an always one presence.
But wireless and Internet connected mobile devices present unique security challenges that differ dramatically from traditional communications and data security methods that rely on firewalls, user authentication, and encryption. Further, these mobile devices can expose sensitive network traffic, and proprietary or confidential data and communications, to multiple vulnerabilities.
Enterprises that have embraced SBCs, and other components of UC security, are proving they can securely protect and extend communications to external parties, unlocking new ways of collaborating with clients, partners, distributed employees and the supply chain. This session will consider the Enterprise SBC as a means of satisfying security and privacy requirements, with signaling and traffic encryption, media and signaling forking, network demarcation, and threat detection and mitigation, enabling enterprises to capture the cost benefits of VoIP and UC, while maintaining essential security postures and access to multi-mobile communications across the network, anytime, anywhere.