Monday, August 4, 2008

Voice over Internet Protocol – Is It Secure?

One of the topics discussed on ARC’s recent Specifying Security Technology Course was Voice over Internet Protocol, which provides not only huge cost savings, but can also be rolled out alongside IP CCTV projects using common hardware.

For long, there have been debates about the security of VoIP, but most experts agree that as long as encryption is specified as standard from the outset, it can be secure, or even more secure, than traditional landline.

Read on here for a discussion of telephone security and VoIP:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/04/voip_encryption.html