According to the CSIA, the pervasiveness of IP-based communication and networking technologies, particularly VoIP, has made the task of protecting security and integrity of the Internet a national priority. The report notes that voice applications over the Internet are vulnerable to many of the same threats as data traffic, including denial of service attacks, worms and viruses. Such threats, the CSIA says, could cripple the information technology dependent critical infrastructure, disable VoIP-based emergency systems and weaken the national response capability in the event of attack.

"Because IP telephony depends solely on the Internet for operating, it is subject to all the same vulnerabilities that our corporate networks face," CSIA executive director Paul Kurtz said in a statement. "As Congress considers revisiting the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CSIA strongly recommends that the serious implications of VoIP cyber attacks be addressed since they can affect critical government services such as 911 and other emergency first responder services."

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