Security is always overlooked when it comes to VoIP. There are those who feel that security is essential and others who think security is overrated. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. If we need security, we need to decide against what.Here are 4 of the biggest threats in the world of VoIP where it comes to security - this is why we really need to take a good hard look at how we deploy our networks. 1. SPIT (Spamming)
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | May 15th, 2008 | Filed under Technology
[The IP based services such as VoIP (with or without IMS) run over open IP networks. As such, they are susceptible to security threats similar to those in the Internet. As VoIP communications becomes widely used, the security level on it becomes essential. In this guest post, Rasa Siegberg a Senior Systems Engineer from SafeNet provides his insights to VoIP and security.] The Great IP Migration The venerable voice communications industry is undergoing one of the most significant evolutionary steps
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | May 8th, 2008 | Filed under Technology
IMS enables the speedy creation and deployment of new services (at least on paper). As such, it has been adopted as the architecture for next generation networks - this is true for mobile, fixed, wireless and cable networks. An important aspect of IMS is security, but I have a feeling that like current VoIP deployments, security is somewhat overlooked. On its lowest level, IMS security requires IPsec - this encrypts and secures the actual IP packets sent over the network.
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | April 3rd, 2008 | Filed under Technology
