VoIP is becoming one of the hottest services being offered by start up providers
and adopted even by large telecommunications corporations in order to lower their
operating costs. But how secure is VoIP really? Scanit R&D Labs conducted extensive
research on VoIP security and found the truth to be a little startling.
The pace at which technology has developed and the reduction in price of computer
and network equipment has contributed
significantly to the evolution and advancement of home networks. The recent penetration
of broadband connectivity to the household has grown rapidly and it has become progressively
easier to “get connected”. With broadband on the rise, the requirements for bandwidth
hungry implementations such as Video or Voice over IP have been easily met. This
has meant that concepts such as video blogging, podcasting, streaming internet video
and VoIP have managed to gain a strong foot-hold in present day online services.