Security Considerations for the Enterprise Security Issues, Threats and Solutions for Unified Communications

Security Issues, Threats and Solutions for Unified Communications Enterprises are increasingly deploying real-time, unified communications including VoIP, IM, and other applications, to increase productivity, reduce costs and improve communications and collaboration. Unfortunately, enterprise UC expertise does not always span comprehensive UC security. We will examine deployment issues that must be addressed for enterprises to securely extend VoIP networks to soft clients, hard phones at remote sites, and WiFi/dual-mode phones for mobile workers. We will also explore different vulnerabilities that allow remote attackers to carry out spoofing and denial-of-service attacks, unwanted reboots, and uninitiated toll calls, and seize control of devices and networks that access enterprise data.