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Russell Shaw passed away in March 2008. He was an enterprise computing journalist, analyst and author based in Portland, Oregon. A specialist in open source architectures and strategies, Microsoft applications, wireless networking, and multimedia content creation, Russell covered these fields regularly for several IT, business and consumer publications, including Investor's...- more about Russell Shaw »
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- And the scariest prediction about enterprise VoIP security in 2008 is...
- VoIP security solutions provider Sipera Systems has posted their list of what their Sipera VIPER Labs sees as the five top VoIP Security Threats for 2008. Before I offer this list, two caveats: First, when a company with technological solutions posts their predictions,...
- Tags: Attack, VoIP Security, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-01-19
- Goin' to Chapple- for these three VoIP security tips
- Heard of Mike Chapple? No, I didn't think so. But that doesn't mean what he has to say about VoIP security isn't important. It is, very. Chapple has a most interesting CV/resume/set of bonafides. Information security researcher with the National Security Administration and...
- Tags: Environment, VoIP Security, Mike Chapple, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- VoIP Security firm: we informed Vonage of hackability a month ago and haven't heard back
- Well-known VoIP security firm Sipera Systems said today that Internet phone service from Vonage is vulnerable to attacks by hackers, who are able to intercept calls to the company's subscribers. A Reuters report adds that Sipera Systems said it had informed Vonage of the...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP Security, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
- Sipera introduces new enterprise VoIP security toolset
- Most major VoIP-centered conferences see a fair amount of announcements for new products and services. An exhibit floor walk also helps clarify and reinforce what's interesting.The VoiceCon show I am now attending here in San Francisco is heavily oriented toward enterprise as opposed to consumer VoIP. Natural, then, that what I'm...
- Tags: VoIP, VoIP Security, Sipera, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- VoIP security vulnerabilities demonstrated at Black Hat conference
- Several presentations at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas yesterday illustrated some of VoIP's security vulnerabilities.According to Forbes.com's Andy Greenberg, who was in attendance, the presentations documenented ways "in which cybercriminals can eavesdrop on VoIP calls, steal data from Internet telephony devices, intercept credit card numbers from...
- Tags: Security, Asterisk
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- VoIP security? Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt
- On our sister site TechRepublic, IT Security blogger Tom Olzak runs a guest column from technology and security author-consultant Deb Shinder.In her piece "VoIP threats: beyond eavesdropping," Deb runs through a list of VoIP security vulnerabilities: Denial of Service attacks, flooding and logic attacks, injected messages, call hijacking, and caller...
- Tags: Security
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Why pay $2,995 for VoIP security advice? I have a better idea
- You won't believe where I've just read a very authoritative report on VoIP Security.No, not one of those overpriced consultant reports- the ones you pay $2,995 for and come away from with a "tell me something I don't know" reaction.Actually, this one is from a term paper, gleaned from journals...
- Tags: attack
- Blog posts 2006-01-18
- VoIP Security body issues "Threat Taxonomy"
- The Voice over IP Security Alliance VOIPSA has released what it is terming the first comprehensive description of security and threats in the field of Voice over IP VoIP. The VoIP security education group, has titled the description the VoIP Security Threat Taxonomy. It is intended to provide the...
- Tags: VoIP, VoIP security
- Blog posts 2005-10-26
- Why mid-sized companies are more concerned about VoIP security than smaller, larger competitors are
- I've been reading a press release from tech research firm In-Stat. The press release offers a couple of tidbits from the newly released $2,995 report,"Trends and Spending Plans for Security Appliances: Are We Ready for VoIP?"Two big VoIP-related findings in this report:"Larger, mid-size companies (with 500 to 999 employees) show...
- Tags: VoIP
- Blog posts 2005-09-08
- PGP inventor to announce crypto-based VoIP security solution
- My colleague Joris Evers reports that tomorrow, Pretty Good Privacy PGP e-mail encryption program inventor Phil Zimmermann will make a Pretty Grand Pronouncement tomorrow.Apparently, Zimmermann will reveal an as-yet unnamed prototype of an Internet telephony application that encrypts calls to thwart eavesdropping."I am revealing this now because I want to...
- Tags: Phil Zimmermann
- Blog posts 2005-07-27
- Gartner: this VoIP security threat is overhyped
- Speaking at the Gartner IT Security Summit in Washington, D.C., Gartner analysts called at least one widely cited VoIP security vulnerabilty an overhyped threat.Analyst Lawrence Orans was talking about eavesdropping, which would result in unauthorized interception and listening in on VoIP calls. According to SearchSecurity.com, Orans called such instances unlikely...
- Tags: VoIP, VoIP security
- Blog posts 2005-06-08
- Six desktop VoIP security tips for enterprise IT
- Internet security services and solutions provider SurfControl is out with a six-point guideline to help enterprise users safeguard security threats posed by desktop VoIP usage.Here's my edit-for-relevance of SurfControl's wise counsel:Create and enforce an Acceptable Use Policy AUP for Desktop VoIP.Standardize on Desktop those VoIP applications that you plan to...
- Tags: desktop, VoIP
- Blog posts 2005-06-07
- Pundit: Stop your VoIP installation now!! To which I reply ...
- I respect David Coursey. He's an IT consultant, author and commentator of long standing.Still, my eyes popped a bit when I read his latest piece, which he posted late yesterday.Let's Put VoIP on Hold is a plea for IT administrators everywhere in the known universe to not plan any new...
- Tags: VoIP, VoIP security
- Blog posts 2005-05-18
- Are you a VoIP security consultant? Want a job?
- But you gotta live in Australia first. Not a bad thing, mind you.As ZDNet Australia reports today, seems like the Australian government's Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts DCITA wants to hire a consultant to advise them on potential threats to VoIP security.(Quick tangent: an agency that involves...
- Tags: Australian Government, DCITA
- Blog posts 2005-03-31
- Concerned about VoIP security? VoIP Security Alliance wants to hear from you
- As colleague Dinesh Sharma reports today,the recently formed The Voice over IP Security Alliance VOIPSA has created a new committee to define security requirements for Internet telephony networks.Want to participate? VOIPSA is looking for enterprise VoIP userswho can describe VoIP-related security threats. This information will be added to a "Threat...
- Tags: VoIP, VOIPSA
- Blog posts 2005-03-28
- VoIP security info: the standards folks weigh in
- I strongly recommend you download and read the National Institute of Standards and Technology's new report, "Security Considerations For Voice Over IP Systems."After a basic overview of VoIP, this 99-page tome has sections on the basics and the security implications of Quality of Service, H.323, SIP, Gateway Decomposition (Media Gateways...
- Tags: VoIP
- Blog posts 2005-01-12
- VoIP security: knowing your ALGs and H.323s
- Whether it's for firewalls or Virtual Private Networks, we're seeing an increasing emphasis on VoIP Security.The point was hammered home today by a look at the Security Appliances winner in Information Security magazine's 2004 Products of the Year awards.The triumphant solution is actually two related products: Juniper Networks' NetScreen-5GT and...
- Tags: VoIP, SIP
- Blog posts 2004-12-16
Additional Resources
- Review: Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop bag simplifies security process
- If you read my post on "checkpoint friendly" bags back in July you may be wondering what is going on with this program. Starting on 16 August, the TSA announced they were ready allow compliant "checkpoint friendly" bags through the X-ray machines while remaining in the bags. The TSA always...
- Tags: Security, Transportation Security Administration, Laptop Computer, X-ray, Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bag, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-07
- How to: Securing iPhone
- The iPhone has vulnerabilities. In the past, some have been very serious. Sometimes, Apple takes a very long time to get them fixed. The security hiccups have done nothing to slow down the sales and usage of the device so it just might be a good idea...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Wired Inc., Wiki, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-06
- Enterprise password management really isn't a good idea
- Enterprise password management really isn't a good ideaLastpas password manager a new alternative to roboform et. alAs a user of the service, lastpass has been developed to conform to user behavior making web browsing easier, faster and safer. On the security side and control side, Lastpass does all the encryption...
- Tags: Enterprise Password Management, password, password management
- Discussion threads 2008-09-06
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