Security and Risk Challenges of Voice over IP Telephony

Author

Ekekwe, Ndubuisi ; Maduka, Aham

Author_Institution

Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore

fYear

2007

fDate

1-2 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Advancements in the information and communication technology (ICT) have given rise to high speed communicating networks with revolutionary impacts on the global trade and commerce. They have created a new Internet which has evolved with many business and personal tools. Among these tools is the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony that enables the transfer of voice calls via the Internet instead of the local telephone company. As customary with many new information technologies, VoIP brings new opportunities with risks and security challenges. This paper discusses these challenges with the techniques to manage them.

Keywords

Internet telephony; telecommunication security; Internet; high speed communicating networks; information communication technology; local telephone company; security-risk challenges; voice calls; voice over IP telephony; Business; Communications technology; Companies; Computer networks; Computer security; Costs; Information security; Internet telephony; Usability; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technology and Society, 2007. ISTAS 2007. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0587-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0587-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISTAS.2007.4362213

Filename

4362213