Exhibit
31.2




CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO


SECTION 302(a) OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY
ACT OF 2002




I, Leslie
K. Brand, certify that:




1. I have
reviewed this annual report on Form 10-Q of Porta Systems Corp. (the
“Issuer”);2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;





3.  Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Issuer as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;





4. 
 I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Issuer and have:





a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the Issuer, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;





b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
and




c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Issuer’s disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and





d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Issuer’s internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the Issuer’s most recent quarter
(the Issuer’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Issuer’s
internal control over financial reporting; and





5.  I
have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the Issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the
Issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):





a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the Issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information; and





b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Issuer’s control over financial
reporting.




Date:
      August 14, 2009/s/ Leslie K. Brand *Leslie
      K. BrandChief
      Financial Officer





*     The
originally executed copy of this Certification will be maintained at the
Registrant’s offices and will be made available for inspection upon
request.