Security Mechanisms and Benefits of Unified Communications

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1UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS
Security mechanisms in Unified Communications (UC) to ensure privacy and integrity
of information
The preservation of security of the potentially valuable information may lead to huge
ramifications to the company. The leakage of data leads to the organization failure and loss of
market which further leads to immense loss of revenue. Thus, maintenance of the security of
data is of utmost importance for almost all organizations (Kennedy, 2015). The company
should create a demarcation and enforcement point for the UC network as they provide
demarcation between different zones comprising of varying zones such as those of public and
private networks. Moreover, the encryption of the end point communications would facilitate
the prevention of impersonation and eavesdropping while transmitting information in the
public network. In addition to this, Boeing Company should also make provisions for hiding
the network topology by UC demarcation as it provides Network Address Translation at each
protocol level (Mao, 2017). Furthermore, the company may also encounter Denial of Service
attack through which the attackers impair the communication structure maintain proper
communication without disturbing services and critical applications.
Benefits of deploying UC capabilities over converged IP networks
Boeing experienced immense benefits by deploying UC capabilities over the IP
networks. The system was utilized for the sharing of expertise and knowledge by the
engineers as it facilitates real time knowledge sharing. It enables the employees of the virtual
teams that are dispersed from the home offices to adjust the interaction to a more
understandable communication mode. Furthermore, it also enhances the capability of the
company to deal with the critical real time problems and provide solutions. Moreover, the
deployment also incorporates increase in productivity as well as in efficiency of the
employees not only at individual level but also at a team level. Moreover, the annual cost of