Skype's peer-to-peer technology is designed to accept input from other computers, and it can be used to remotely exploit vulnerabilities in your network. The technology is designed to work with NAT and to undermine firewalls, which makes an exploited computer even more dangerous. It can cloak itself inside Port 80 as Web traffic, and its payload makes it difficult to identify. Every computer participating in the Skype system can unwittingly become a virtual phone switch on the Skype network, creating a huge security risk and eating up network bandwidth.
If you already lock down your desktops and restrict the software users can install, you probably don't have to worry. If not, immediately enforce a policy forbidding the use of Skype, and find out whether your firewalls and bandwidth-management tools can stop Skype in its tracks.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
