VoIP security for everyone

01 November 2007

Voice over IP is a dream concept for companies and organisations all over the world. With voice calls being sent over the internet, money can be saved on long-distance calls and intra-office calls.

VoIP can also help companies economise through managing only one converged data network instead of separate voice and data lines and it can also bring multimedia services to the desktop, in some cases improving customer service.

However, VoIP technology can also expose companies’ voice systems to all of the hazards that now plague data networks such as worms, viruses, spam over Internet telephony (SPIT), eavesdropping and fraud.