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Ensuring Security with VoIP
Among U.S. businesses, Voice over Internet Protocol ('VoIP') is growing in popularity and will continue to do so. In-Stat predicts that two-thirds of U.S. businesses will have some form of VoIP service by 2011.
VoIP telephony is simply an additional service running on a company's network, and all of the security technologies and policies that have already been established and set up for companies' data networks can protect voice services, too. When deciding to use this powerful technology, organizations should look for VoIP providers that offer specific security measures within their product to ensure that the technology is used most effectively ' and virtually without any security concerns.
VoIP systems offer increased functionality, enhanced productivity and lower cost. In addition, these systems can be as secure, or even more so, than traditional private branch exchange ('PBX') telephone systems. It is widely accepted that security in the digital world is critical, and with voice traffic traveling over the same secure network that is used for data information, companies will simply leverage their data security investment for the purpose of implementing a VoIP system.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
The Stranger to the Deed Rule
In 1987, a unanimous Court of Appeals reaffirmed the vitality of the "stranger to the deed" rule, which holds that if a grantor executes a deed to a grantee purporting to create an easement in a third party, the easement is invalid. Daniello v. Wagner, decided by the Second Department on November 29th, makes it clear that not all grantors (or their lawyers) have received the Court of Appeals' message, suggesting that the rule needs re-examination.