As the article highlights, UK businesses are experiencing a surge of attacks aimed specifically against Voice over IP systems. These attacks include toll fraud, service abuse and most recently, eavesdropping. This knowledge raises the question, why aren’t businesses implementing security alongside VoIP?
For many UK SMEs it quite simply comes down to cost. These businesses are using VoIP to save money on calls and hardware, but having to implement expensive security defeats the point.
However, what many UK’s SMEs aren’t aware of is that, in this environment, security doesn’t have to be costly. With freemium SIP trunk security solutions increasingly available for quick and easy deployment on a SaaS basis, SMEs can help to secure their VoIP as well as providing the foundation for a future-proof defence-in-depth model that spans both voice and data networks.
Paul German, CEO, VoipSec
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