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Supercomm: Securing service provider networks is a matter of national security

Tim Greene writes in NetworkWorld:

Top executives of major telecom equipment makers say beefing up security and reliability on service provider networks is necessary to protect customers and is a matter of national security.

"Wait until we see a shutdown of the telecom network...then we'll understand what a virus or intruder on your network can do," Bill Owens, president and CEO of Nortel told Supercomm 2005 attendees during a keynote panel today. "We need to get into the security of these networks for the security of our countries."

Public networks must be reliable and secure so first-responder calls go through, video meetings between patients and doctors remain private and public networks are protected from cyberterrorists, Lucent President and CEO Pat Russo says. "With innovation comes responsibility. We need to ensure that next-generation services are exciting and are reliable and secure," Russo says.

Ownes says the key to the public IP networks now being built is they must be made as reliable as traditional phone networks, Owens says.

posted by Fergie @ 6/08/2005 11:45:00 AM