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3733,. Security threats in the VoIP market are inevitable, and service providers arenot taking the needed actions for protection, says Light Reading's VoIPServices InsiderNEW YORK, Jan. It also examines the outlook for the next 12 to18 months for VoIP security, including threats the market faces, the impact ofeconomic troubles, the buildout plans of various vendors, and thepartnerships, investments, and acquisitions vendors have made. Finally, thereport provides a comparative analysis of 12 of the top vendors in the VoIPsecurity industry.For a list of companies covered in this report, "Despite the hard lessons learned through security breaches in the earlierdays of email and Internet, most VoIP users are not securing their networksadequately," says Denise Culver, research analyst with Light Reading's VOIPServices Insider and author of the report. "Some vendors believe this is amatter of VoIP users simply not understanding how to adequately secure theirnetworks, while others believe it is necessary to better educate the VoIPmarketplace about security issues, as well as create better tools to combatthreats themselves."Service providers must look at what has happened previously with VoIP securitythreats in order to prepare for what is to come, Culver says, because historywill repeat itself.

"Because many of the threats that VoIP providers canexpect already have originated in the data world, there is some level ofplanning and expectation that VoIP security providers can take," she notes."One trend to expect in the coming months will be for VoIP vendors to partnerwith security providers, since they have already dealt with many of theproblems expected on the VoIP front."Other key findings of VoIP Security: Vendors Prepare for the Inevitableinclude the following:More outsourcing of VoIP security services is expected in the comingmonths, as threats increase and VoIP customers recognize theirinabilityto handle the resulting problemsVoIP security vendors are working with service provider customers toimplement VoIP security offerings on a managed services basisSIP trunking is seen as a tremendously high-growth market, making itoneof the most susceptible to security threats in the coming monthsVoIP Security: Vendors Prepare for the Inevitable is available as part of anannual subscription (six issues) to Light Reading's VoIP Services Insider,priced at $1,295. Individual reports are available for $900.To subscribe, or for more information, please visit: For more information about other Light ReadingInsider research services, please visit: request a free executive summary of the report, or for details onmulti-user licensing options, please contact:Jeff ClaudinoDirector of SalesInsider Research Press/analyst contact:Dennis MendykManaging DirectorInsider Research About Light ReadingFounded in 2000, Light Reading () is the leading onlinemedia, research, and focused event company serving the $3 trillion worldwidecommunications market. Lightreading is the ultimate source for technologyand financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the mediasector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading's researcharms, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, provide the most comprehensivecommunications research, market data, and technology analysis in close to 100markets around the world. Light Reading produces nearly 20 targetedcommunications events including TelcoTV, Ethernet Expo New York and EthernetExpo London, The Tower Summit CTIA, and Optical Expo, as well as focusedone-day events tailored for cable, mobile, and wireline executives.

LightReading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005 and operates as aunit of TechWeb.About TechWebTechWeb (techweb /aboutus), the global leader in business technology media,is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technologydecision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respectedand consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than13.3 million business technology professionals actively engage in ourcommunities created around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0,Black Hat and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, LightReading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek , bMighty , and TheFinancial Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winningInformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, Wall Street & Technologymagazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services ranging fromnext-generation performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analystservices. TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider ofnews distribution and specialist information services with a marketcapitalization of more than $2.5 billion. 13.3 million business decision-makers: based on of monthly connectionsAbout United Business Media Limited ()United Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media and marketing servicescompany that informs markets and brings the world's buyers and sellerstogether at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to dobusiness successfully.

UBM serves professional and commercial communities,from IT professionals to doctors, from journalists to jewelry dealers, fromfarmers to pharmacists around the world UBM employs more than 6,500 people inmore than 30 countries. UBM's businesses operating in the US includeCMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI,TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services. UBM is listed on the London StockExchange (UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of $2.5 billion.SOURCELight Reading's VoIP Services InsiderJeff Claudino, Director of Sales, 1-619-229-9940, ,or Press/analysts, Dennis Mendyk, Managing Director, 1-201-587-2154,, both of Insider Research Services. ) A strange thing happened to me a few weeks ago during my stay in Cambridge, Ontario. A native of Cambridge Ontario, Ducey was born and raised in the tri-cities area, and I was very surprised to learn that he was actually from the same city which I was staying in.Among the memorabilia at the restaurant, it included a letter of congratulations from the Mayor of Cambridge, along with newspaper clippings and an authentic Blue Jays jersey circa early 1990s.After digging a little further, I discovered that Rob Ducey is also a member of the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame.Ducey's stamp on baseball in Canada is unprecedented, as he is only one of two players to suit up for the Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays, and to represent Team Canada at the Summer Olympics. The other player to do the same was Matt Stairs.The timing of this post could not have been worse, what with Rob Ducey being let go as pro scout for the team just last week. Most recently, he was designated as the Blue Jays scout to discover talent in the Pacific Rim and overseas.