Telecom Lead Europe: BT Global Services has selected
Cisco to benefit from Cisco UC Gateway Services API by bolstering its BT Assure
Cloud Security Service.
BT customers will be able to identify threats for voice and
data globally in a single dashboard and mitigate these threats proactively. BT
will be the only provider to offer a single view based on its ability to
monitor and control real-time data and voice activity from the most widely used
edge router in the industry, the Cisco ISR G2.
The BT solution also uses the voice policy and security
applications of SecureLogix.
Cisco enables these additional services without requiring
additional devices at the network edge. Third-party applications using the
Cisco UC Gateway Services API can be run directly on the Cisco ISR G2 using the
Cisco UCS Express server blade built for the router chassis, or can be accessed
via the cloud.
The information made accessible by the Cisco UC Gateway
Services API can also be used in non-security-related cases, such as to ensure
regulatory compliance via call recording and improve business operations with
employee or departmental productivity and efficiency reports showing call
volumes, durations, and other details.
“Cisco has a long history of innovation. Innovative
services made possible by the Cisco UC Gateway Services API add value to our
session border control and TDM gateway offerings and bring added visibility and
control to the voice network,” said Mark Lohmeyer, vice president of
product management, Cisco.
“With Cisco and SecureLogix, BT can provide the
industry’s first enterprise-wide security solution for both data and voice,
which includes TDM and SIP trunking, integrated onto a single platform — the
Cisco ISR G2. Our customers now have a single view of their network that allows
them to proactively identify threats and dynamically control the network to
prevent attacks,” said Jeff Schmidt, global head of business continuity,
security & governance, BT Global Services.
The Cisco UC Gateway Services API, a web-based
application programming interface, could play a direct role in helping organizations
deal with this problem opens up the enterprise voice network edge to enable
more voice services on the Cisco Integrated Services Router Generation 2 (ISR
G2) router.
The Cisco UC Gateway Services API gives customers and
partners access to call information — both signaling and media — at the
network edge.
This advancement is important as global telecom fraud
losses are estimated to be $40 billion annually, according to the
Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) Telecom 2011 survey.
The Cisco UC Gateway Services API is supported on the
Cisco ISR G2 with the Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) for SIP trunks and
Cisco TDM Gateways for TDM trunks, both of which provide voice connectivity to
the service provider.
