A couple of people I'm really looking forward to meeting are Tony Fascenda and Jeffrey Stern from KoolSpan. Jeff will one of the panelists in a discussion I'm moderating at the ITExpo, and KoolSpan also graciously invited me to participate in a panel discussion and the RSA conference next spring. KoolSpan does some very innovative things with security, but they're also really proving to be a concerned Internet citizen in a larger sense, in terms of sharing information.

KOOLSPAN ANNOUNCES MOBILE TRUST SURVEY FINDINGS ON
SECURE MOBILE VOICE COMMUNICATIONS
Concern for the increasing risk and exposure of confidential communications on untrusted mobile networks is driving the demand for secure cellular voice solutions.

Top-Level Findings:

• 44 percent of surveyed IT professionals are aware of compromises to voice communication on mobile/cellular networks.
• 53 percent of surveyed IT professionals reported being aware of employees traveling on business in areas where the cellular networks are considered ‘untrusted’.
• 57 percent of surveyed IT professionals said that they would be interested in a secure voice option the next time they purchased a mobile phone.
• 8 percent of surveyed IT professionals have already deployed a secure voice solution.
• 72 percent, among interested IT professionals, would consider a secure voice solution if it were easy to manage and cost-effective.
• 71 percent of surveyed IT executives reported that mobile phones are used to discuss business topics considered confidential.

Bethesda, Md., Aug. 21, 2007 – KoolSpan, the information security industry's leading innovator of embeddable security technology for network-aware devices, today announced the results of the 2007 Mobile Trust Survey on secure voice communications. The survey, gauging the views of IT professionals in the United States, including security, network, and systems executives, found that concern for the increasing risk and exposure of confidential communications on untrusted mobile networks is driving the demand for secure cellular voice solutions.