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companies are not willing to reveal publicly any security breaches for fear of losing customers and investors . Yahoo ! is a great example of this . Experts estimate that the number of unreported cyberattack cases is much higher than the number of attacks publicly acknowledged . And when customers , often financial service and telecommunication providers , use new security systems that successfully prevent attacks , they don ’ t want to draw attention for fear of attracting more zombie-like ‘ zero-day ’ hackers .
As a great number of companies worldwide are planning to consolidate their telephone systems with collaboration solutions to VoIP , which is being accelerated by telecommunications providers changing their entire transmission technology over to IP-based data transmission , more security issues and threats are exposed to how the information is transported and stored . Migration to VoIP does offer businesses numerous advantages such as reducing costs , using services irrespective of location and administrating VoIP-based unified messaging solutions centrally and conveniently .
The rise of cyberattacks and malware has meant that there is now an added legal requirement to protect business communications . IT managers need to have a solution that doesn ’ t just rely on in-house systems . In fact , to run information security logistics in-house is time and resource intensive , which is why having a data centre that provides managed cloud services with flexible packages that will cover all IT security issues is vital .
Let ’ s take an example of having a managed email service over in-house security solutions . One major advantage is in the combination of multiple antivirus technologies that are provided from within the data centre , using up to four virus scanners . Moreover , intelligent spam and phishing filters guard against unwanted emails . Yet , as we live in a digital and instant environment , it ’ s crucial for businesses that

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