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The cost advantages offered by Voice over IP (VoIP) have inspired a growing number of corporations to deploy this innovative technology. What has not been so readily apparent to these early adopters are the gaping holes that VoIP can open in corporate network security unless a comprehensive security strategy is adopted.

Essentially, VoIP is a business application that uses the corporate data network to send voice traffic. As such, it can expose the corporate network to new avenues of exploit that must be secured. These risks expose the network to an increase in potential liabilities ranging from malicious attacks to fraud to privacy violation. In fact, if hackers manage to crash your VoIP system, it could bring down your entire network.

This just-released META report highlights the potential risks associated with implementing VoIP and explores ways security professionals can inform themselves, their staff and their management and, most importantly, begin to map out a plan for achieving comprehensive security for a corporate-wide VoIP installation.

META report topics include:

• Identifying the risks-A detailed outline of potential risks from corporate IP telephony deployments
• Defining solution requirements-Including prevention of service degradation due to a wide range of attacks
• Securing VoIP solution components-Including servers, voice gateways, and IP phones

Juniper Networks provides the networking and security required to enable VoIP without compromising the security of the network.

Juniper Networks portfolio of networking and security solutions provide defense from the network level to the application level, ensuring that critical assets are protected by best-of-breed firewalls and enterprise routers, IPSec and SSL VPNs, and intrusion prevention solutions.