Voice over IP Security Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been carrying this book around with me for a couple weeks now and had a couple long plane flights as well. This is a difficult book to review. The author clearly knows his stuff and the threat treatment is great. However, the material is all over the map. The subtitle talks about good security practices and the book is short on that to be candid. Bottom line, if you are considering a VoIP deployment or wondering how secure/robust your existing deployment is, this is a must read.
My favorite "I never thought of that" scenario in the book was a simple power outage. What if you have twenty thousand IP phones and the power drops . . . then when it is restored all 20k phones start banging the server causing an outage.

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Voice over IP SecuritySecurity best practices derived from deep analysis of the latest VoIP network threatsPatrick ParkVoIP security issues are becoming increasingly serious because voice networks and services cannot be protected from recent intelligent attacks and fraud by traditional systems such as firewalls and NAT alone. After analyzing threats and recent patterns of attacks and fraud, consideration needs to be given to the redesign of secure VoIP architectures with advanced protocols and intelligent products, such as Session Border Controller (SBC). Another type of security issue is how to implement lawful interception within complicated service architectures according to government requirements.Voice over IP Security focuses on the analysis of current and future threats, the evaluation of security products, the methodologies of protection, and best practices for architecture design and service deployment. This book not only covers technology concepts and issues, but also provides detailed design solutions featuring current products and protocols so that you can deploy a secure VoIP service in the real world with confidence.Voice over IP Security gives you everything you need to understand the latest security threats and design solutions to protect your VoIP network from fraud and security incidents.Patrick Park has been working on product design, network architecture design, testing, and consulting for more than 10 years. Currently Patrick works for Cisco® as a VoIP test engineer focusing on security and interoperability testing of rich media collaboration gateways. Before Patrick joined Cisco, he worked for Covad Communications as a VoIP security engineer focusing on the design and deployment of secure network architectures and lawful interception (CALEA). Patrick graduated from the Pusan National University in South Korea, where he majored in computer engineering.Understand the current and emerging threats to VoIP networksLearn about the security profiles of VoIP protocols, including SIP, H.323, and MGCPEvaluate well-known cryptographic algorithms such as DES, 3DES, AES, RAS, digital signature (DSA), and hash function (MD5, SHA, HMAC)Analyze and simulate threats with negative testing toolsSecure VoIP services with SIP and other supplementary protocolsEliminate security issues on the VoIP network border by deploying an SBCConfigure enterprise devices, including firewalls, Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express, IP phones, and multilayer switches to secure VoIP network trafficImplement lawful interception into VoIP service environmentsThis IP communications book is part of the Cisco Press® Networking Technology Series. IP communications titles from Cisco Press help networking professionals understand voice and IP telephony technologies, plan and design converged networks, and implement network solutions for increased productivity.Category: Networking—IP CommunicationCovers: VoIP Security

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