VoIP Security Learning Guide

More organizations are choosing to implement VoIP telephony for its cost savings. However, securing the technology comes with its own price tag. Created in partnership with our sister site, SearchVoIP.com, this guide is a compilation of resources that review the importance of VoIP security, protocols and standards, LAN security, vulnerabilities, troubleshooting, threats and more. If there are other guides you would like to see on SearchSecurity.com, send me an e-mail and let me know. Jenny Wiseman, Associate Editor.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  Introduction to VoIP Security
  VoIP Protocols and Standards
  LAN Security for VoIP
  VoIP Vulnerabilities, Regulatory Issues and Troubleshooting
  VoIP Threats
  More Security Learning Resources
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Introduction to VoIP Security

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• Glossary defintion: VoIP (Whatis.com)
• Article: Five terms you need to know before you employ VoIP (Whatis.com)
• Article: Five VoIP security recommendations (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: VoIP: Is anyone responsible for security? (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Is VoIP secure? You make the call (Information Security magazine)
• Article: VoIP security daunting, but possible (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Webcast: VoIP security basics (SearchEnterpriseSecurity.com)

VoIP Protocols and Standards

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• Glossary definition: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) (Whatis.com)
• Glossary definition: H.323 (Whatis.com)
• Article: VoIP experts savor SIP's potential (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Article: Telephony architecture enters a new era (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Article: Can VoIP ever be as secure as Ma Bell's creation? (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Critical Microsoft ISA patch cures ills in H.323 telco protocol (SearchSecurity.com)
• Tip: Monitoring H.323 and SIP (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Tip: SIP firewalls (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Technical Guide: VoIP protocols (SearchSecurity.com)
• Security School: Security School for CISSP Training: Domain Spotlight on telecommunications and networking (SearchSecurity.com)
• Learning Guide: SIP (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Quiz: Hip to SIP (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Webcast: CISSP Essentials: Class 5 -- Telecommunications and Networking (SearchSecurity.com)

LAN Security for VoIP

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• Article: Five VoIP security recommendations (SearchSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: The buzz over VoWLAN (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Expert advice: Voice over wireless: Can you hear me now? (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Tip: Segmenting a LAN to isolate malware (SearchSecurity.com)
• Tip: Secure LAN Switching (SearchSecurity.com)
• Featured Topic: Plan for VoWLAN (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)

VoIP Vulnerabilities, Regulatory Issues and Troubleshooting

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• Article: Group seeks to bolster VoIP security (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Is it time for a VoIP firewall? (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Vulnerabilities leave Cisco voice products open to remote attack (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Avoiding a VoIP security 'judgment day' (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Article: Exploiting systems becoming easier, expert says (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Report: Attackers socking it to servers, Web sites (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Move to IP-based networks increases cyberwarfare risk (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Security Bytes: VoIP security alliance forming (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Say hello to the Voice over IP Security Alliance (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Article: VoIP 2005: Better watch what you say (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: VoIP regulatory issues concern Interop attendees (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Article: VoIP industry preps for regulatory battles, new competition (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Article: VoIP demands more from a firewall (SerachEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Q&A: Cerf: Enterprise VoIP requires cautious approach (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Expert advice: Security implications of Voice over IP (SearchSecurity.com)
• Tip: The trouble with 911 and VoIP (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Book Chapter: How to tackle VoIP security risks (SearchSecurity.com)

VoIP Threats

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Voice service availability

• Glossary definition: Denial of service (Whatis.com)
• Article: Don't believe the VoIP security hype (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Article: For VoIP, too many threats to count (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Article: Hammering out the kinks in VoIP service (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Article: MCI offers DoS guarantee (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Invasion force (SearchSecurity.com)

SPIT

• Article: VoIP security, 'spit' concern experts (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: VoIP 2005: Better watch what you say (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Can VoIP ever be as secure as Ma Bell's creation? (SearchSecurity.com)
• Tip: IP telephony cuts both ways (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Tip: SPIT, or Spam over Internet Telephony (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)

Eavesdropping and call spoofing

• Q&A: VoIP security, PGP style (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: VoIP could bring new security threats (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Article: The security risks of VoIP (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Article: VoIP security daunting, but possible (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Tip: VoIP Security (SearchEnterpriseVoice.com)

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