Leading Universities Deploy Secure Unified Communications with Sipera Systems
Sipera UC-Sec Appliances Safeguard Campus Communications Including VoIP, Video,
IM, SIP Trunks
Richardson, Texas, July 1, 2009 – Sipera Systems, the leader in real-time Unified
Communications (UC) security, today announced successful recent deployments of its
comprehensive UC security solutions at multiple universities in North America.
Sipera’s award-winning UC-Sec appliances have been deployed by multiple major
universities in North America, and Sipera is providing security consultation to a range of
higher education institutions. In total, universities representing a combined user base of
more than 250,000 students and staff across their respective campuses are working
with Sipera to understand the best practices around security for VoIP and UC.
“When we set out to deploy VoIP as part of our communications transformation, we
planned from the outset that we would never compromise the security and privacy of the
many different types of data and communications traversing our network,” said Cindy
Phillips, Director, NIUTEL and IT Customer Support Services of Northern Illinois
University. “We have selected Sipera’s UC-Sec appliance so that we can deploy highly
effective, targeted security that ensures confidentiality.”
The UC-Sec plug-and-play security appliance is a breakthrough in communications
security for next-generation networks, protecting the privacy, integrity and availability of
VoIP, IP video, IM and other unified communications traffic.
With UC-Sec, university IT operations can implement targeted security for specific
applications, types of data, and users with no impact on communications performance.
UC-Sec also offers comprehensively secure SIP trunk termination for lower cost
telecommunications.
Leading Universities Deploy Secure Unified Communications with Sipera Systems
“College campuses are progressive adopters of UC networks and applications, for both
students and staff communicating internally and externally,” said Andy Asava, Vice
President of Worldwide Sales at Sipera. “We have a number of IT professionals at our
education customers who are sleeping better knowing Sipera is protecting their UC
networks, students and staff, and mission-critical communications.”
IT professionals deploying VoIP and UC at universities often face a difficult dilemma.
On the one hand, they want to retain an “open” environment, allowing students and
faculty to connect to the UC infrastructure with almost any device without requiring IT’s
direct control over each device. This often means that key communications systems
must be exposed to the Internet or other publicly accessible networks without a formal
DMZ. But at the same time, communication systems can carry highly sensitive data
that must be protected, including student records, financial data, and even patientrelated
data in the case of medical schools.
The UC-Sec appliance eliminates the dilemma. UC-Sec provides comprehensive
privacy and encryption, access control and authentication, threat mitigation, and
security policy enforcement for real-time traffic. With this solution, IT professionals can
target specific systems and applications, users and user groups, resources and data,
and exercise full security control over these elements, without reducing communications
performance or undercutting the open, multi-device environment. Furthermore, UC-Sec
can terminate SIP trunks and provide an added layer of security and control over trunk
traffic while enabling a rapid return-on-investment via lower cost telecommunications
services.
UC-Sec incorporates the industry’s most advanced protection against security threats,
based on research from the VIPER Lab, Sipera’s security research arm. VIPER also
offers the industry’s leading security architecture consultation and UC penetration
testing services.
The Sipera UC-Sec products are comprehensive, real-time UC security solutions that
simplify and protect next-generation communications over any network to any device.
Leading Universities Deploy Secure Unified Communications with Sipera Systems
Dozens of customers around the world rely on the UC-Sec appliances to safeguard their
communications and boost compliance with privacy laws, regulatory mandates and
mission-critical confidentiality requirements.
About Sipera Systems
Sipera Systems, the leader in real-time UC security, enables enterprises to simplify and
confidently deploy their VoIP and unified communications over any network to any
device while service providers can protect and quickly offer new IP-based
communication services. Backed by the extensive vulnerability research of the Sipera
VIPER Lab, the Sipera UC-Sec products provide comprehensive threat protection,
policy enforcement, access control, and privacy in a single, real-time appliance. For
more information, visit http://www.sipera.com.
Sipera, Sipera logo, Sipera UC-Sec, Sipera LAVA and Sipera VIPER Lab are
trademarks of Sipera Systems, Inc.
Media Contact:
Jan Jahosky, Turbo PR for Sipera Systems, 407-331-4699, jan@turbopr.com
