SPOTLIGHT: Do you know the ABC’s of VoIP security?
The very things that make VoIP so appealing to enterprises and end users are also the things that make VoIP networks vulnerable to attack. There is no such thing as being too educated about making VoIP networks secure. They are, after all, data networks, and therefore are vulnerable to all the same security problems IT folks already are waging war against for years now. If that weren’t bad enough, the “bad guys” are getting specific and targeting VoIP. And, contrary to what many may think, it’s actually easier to eavesdrop on IP calls than TDM calls. Who knew? One thing’s for sure, anyone involved in deploying or maintaining VoIP networks should know the fundamentals of VoIP security. Article