But, it is not at all clear that DOD should be involved in protecting private IP.

FORBES: DOD Cyber Strategy Remains Ambiguous on Threats and Responses

Verizon strengthened its platform capabilities with a new solution that provides access to its global Private IP network service through Verizon's 4G LTE wireless network.

ENGADGET: Verizon issues Q2 earnings, touts $15.8 billion service revenues in Wireless

The company installed 63 additional Private IP edge routers for a total of 915 edge routers in 245 sites throughout 63 countries, activated more than 1, 500 kilometers (932 miles) of ultra-long-haul network across the southern part of the United Kingdom, and completed a joint fiber build in Singapore, which almost doubles the coverage of the Singapore fiber-optic network.

ENGADGET: Verizon, AT&T celebrate subscriber growth, new features rolled out in Q2

In parallel, define a security architecture and migration strategy that provides security through browsers, Secure Sockets Layer and passwords in the short run, and gets you started on PKI by deploying technologies such as IP Security virtual private networks and the Secure Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions e-mail standard.

CNN: Easy-to-use PKI is key to cryptography's success

The telecommuting boom has been driven in part by the rapid penetration of broadband in the home, easier and cheaper forms of IP telephony, more robust VPN (virtual private network) software, plus a new generation of powerful laptops that are true desktop replacements.

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