Avaya Canada has said it would address the security needs of firms
by supplying assessment, policy development and design consulting
for all communication networks - what it refers to as an
"all-inclusive approach."
Avaya's security consulting team will work with individual
enterprises to minimise vulnerabilities on any vendor's
communications system.
The company has developed two offerings to support policies that
are developed: the Avaya Security Assessment and the Avaya Security
Architecture and Design offer. The first will provide customers
with an understanding of what state their networks are in, and will
include a view of the network from a hacker's perspective. The
second will allow consultants to "integrate and mitigate security
issues in the network", the company said.
Avaya is targeting large enterprises, according to Clay Sutton,
Avaya's director of network consulting services.
"We certainly have to deal with senior staff or them to understand
the value proposition of the services that we bring and how that
addresses their heightened need for security," he said. "But during
implementation we certainly will have to team with and work with
the technical people inside that organisation."