VoIP Network Security - How To Safeguard Your Softswitch From Cyber Threats?

VoIP softswitch is the critical component of any VoIP business, and needs adequate protection for smooth business run. However, due to unwarranted cyber threats the performance of softswitch has been largely affected leading to serious business loss for service providers. So, security has to be made as one of the major criteria in the selection of softswitch by service providers.

For starters, softswitch has to be protected by high-end OS firewalls. Next, the access to the browser-based GUI of the softswitch should be username and password protected. Also, any unauthorized access or repeated wrong entry of credentials must be arrested by blocking the IP address from which the request was triggered. With these simple measures implemented in the softswitch, service providers can seamlessly tackle with any kind of cyber threats.

Softswitch providers have to take enough care in addressing the growing security needs of service providers by releasing timely version updates. Also, a 24/7 premium support should be provided for service providers for enabling the smooth operation of VoIP softswitch. If required, demos and tutorials on how to safeguard the softswitch from cyber-attacks should be organized for service providers as a pre-emptive measure.