Ban Corporate Skype Usage Immediately, Says Info-Tech Research Group
‘Technology industry analyst firm Info-Tech Research Group is telling enterprises to ban Skype — the freely-available Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service - from their organizations. “Companies that are already banning peer-to-peer applications, such as instant messaging (IM), should add Skype to its list of unsanctioned software programs,” says Ross Armstrong, an Info-Tech analyst.
The reasons….
* Skype is not standards-compliant, allowing it and any vulnerability to pass through corporate firewalls.
* Skype’s encryption is closed source and prone to man-in-the-middle attacks. There are also some unanswered questions about how well the keys are managed.
* Enterprises using Skype risk a communication barrier with countries and institutions that have already banned the service.
* Skype is undetectable, untraceable, and unauditable, putting organizations that are subject to compliance laws at risk.
* The question of whether VoIP calls constitute a business record is a legal quagmire. Throwing Skype into the communications mix further clouds the issue.’
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