VoIP Security Resource Guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS    Introduction to VoIP Security    VoIP Protocols and Standards    LAN Security for VoIP    VoIP Vulnerabilities, Regulatory Issues and Troubleshooting    VoIP Threats    More Resource Guides

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: Stolen voices: The challenge of securing VoIP (SearchVoIP.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 (SearchVoIP.com)
• Expert advice: A secure approach to convergence (SearchVoIP.com)
• White paper: Security Considerations for Voice over IP Systems (SearchSecurity.com)
• White paper: IP Telephony (VoIP) Security: Deploying Secure IP Telephony in the Enterprise Network (SearchSecurity.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 and protocols (SearchVoIP.com)
• Article: VoIP experts savor SIP's potential (SearchVoIP.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)
• Expert advice: What is SIP and what are its advantages and disadvantages? (SearchVoIP.com)
• Expert advice: Difference between H.323 and SIP (SearchVoIP.com)
• Expert advice: What is the VoIP future protocol? (SearchVoIP.com)
• Expert advice: Advantages and disadvantages of Skype's P2P over the H.323 and SIP (SearchVoIP.com)
• Tip: Monitoring H.323 and SIP (SearchVoIP.com)
• Tip: SIP firewalls (SearchVoIP.com)
• Web resource: Security School for CISSP Training: Domain Spotlight on telecommunications and networking (SearchSecurity.com)
• Web resource: Learning Guide: SIP (SearchVoIP.com)
• White paper: IP Telephony: Deploying Voice-over-IP Protocols -- Chapter 3: 'The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)' (SearchVoIP.com)
• White paper: SIP: The Next Step in Converged IP Communications (SearchSecurity.com)
• White paper: The Top Myths of IP Communications (SearchSecurity.com)
• White paper: The Big Communications Picture: The True Business Benefits of VoIP (SearchSecurity.com)

LAN Security for VoIP

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• Article: Five VoIP security recommendations (SearchSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: The buzz over VoWLAN (SearchVoIP.com)
• Expert advice: How does VoWLAN work? (SearchVoIP.com)
• Expert advice: Business advantages of VoWLAN (SearchVoIP.com)
• Expert advice: Voice over wireless: Can you hear me now? (SearchVoIP.com)
• Expert advice: Using VoIP over the LAN without PBX hardware (SearchVoIP.com)
• Expert advice: Bulletproof IP telephony deployment (SearchVoIP.com)
• Expert advice: Problems using VoIP source code on Linux by Free Software Foundation (SearchVoIP.com)
• Tip: Segmenting a LAN to isolate malware (SearchSecurity.com)
• Tip: Secure LAN Switching (SearchSecurity.com)
• Web resource: Feature Topic: Plan for VoWLAN (SearchVoIP.com)

VoIP Vulnerabilities, Regulatory Issues and Troubleshooting

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• Article: Vulnerabilities leave Cisco voice products open to remote attack (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Avoiding a VoIP security 'judgment day' (SearchVoIP.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 (SearchVoIP.com)
• Article: VoIP 2005: Better watch what you say (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: VoIP regulatory issues concern Interop attendees (SearchVoIP.com)
• Article: VoIP industry preps for regulatory battles, new competition (SearchVoIP.com)
• Article: VoIP demands more from a firewall (SerachEnterpriseVoice.com)
• Q&A: Cerf: Enterprise VoIP requires cautious approach (SearchVoIP.com)
• Expert advice: Security implications of Voice over IP (SearchSecurity.com)
• Tip: The trouble with 911 and VoIP (SearchVoIP.com)

VoIP Threats

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Voice service availability

• Glossary definition: Denial of service (Whatis.com)
• Article: Hammering out the kinks in VoIP service (SearchVoIP.com)
• Article: MCI offers DoS guarantee (SearchSecurity.com)
• Article: Invasion force (SearchSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: Understanding denial-of-service attacks (SearchSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: What causes one-way conversation in a VoIP network? (SearchVoIP.com)
• White paper: Preventing Denial of Service Attacks on Quality Service (SearchSecurity.com)
• White paper: Security on IP networks: Countering denial-of-service attacks (SearchSecurity.com)

• 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)
• Article: Spit concerns may lead to voice 'white lists' (SearchVoIP.com)
• Article: Spam in your ear (SearchVoIP.com)
• Tip: IP telephony cuts both ways (SearchVoIP.com)
• Tip: SPIT, or Spam over Internet Telephony (SearchVoIP.com)

• Article: The security risks of VoIP (SearchVoIP.com)
• Article: VoIP security daunting, but possible (SearchVoIP.com)
• Tip: VoIP Security (SearchVoIP.com)
• White paper: Securing Voice in an IP Environment (SearchSecurity.com)
• White paper: The Top Myths of IP Communications (SearchSecurity.com)

More Resource Guides

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• VoIP Learning Guide (SearchVoIP.com)
• SIP Learning Guide (SearchVoIP.com)
• Snort Technical Guide (SearchSecurity.com)
• Firewall Resource Guide (SearchSecurity.com)

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