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Eric
Hanselman
Network Protection Architect
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VoIP Security Threats: Its Not If, Its
When
As the epidemic of spam and malware continues
to bring e-mail to its knees, one might think
the industry would learn its lesson and build
strong security into new communications protocols.
Unfortunately, in the case of VoIP, the most
important new communications protocol since SMTP,
this is not true. In fact, VoIP is following an
eerily similar path to SMTP in the 70s and 80s,
with few the security measures being widely enabled.
As a result, we sit on the cusp of a new era of
malicious VoIP attacks.
In this keynote address, Eric will discuss emerging
threats to VoIP and the steps companies and end
users need to take today to protect themselves.
Eric will address a variety of important topics,
including:
- SMTP vs. VoIP: A comparative evolutionary
study
- The myth of SIP: it is marginally more secure
than email protocols
- Why encryption is being shut out of VoIP
- The economic triggers for the first widespread
VoIP attacks, and what those attacks will look
like
- VoIP phishing, aka Vishing
- VoIP caller ID spoofing
- VoIP as an access point for network intrusion
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