Hosted UC provider thevoicefactory (tvf) has developed a cyber security solution for its Hosted Telephony and SIP Trunking customers.
The SENTRY fraud management service monitors and reports any suspicious activity enabling customers to identify and thwart attacks on their telecoms systems. It is mandatory and free of charge and is designed to ensure tvf's partners and their end customers are protected against fraud.
"Unified Comms applications such as voice, video, messaging and file sharing are as prone to network attacks as web and data applications," said MD Paul Harrison. "However, businesses tend to focus their security efforts on incoming and outgoing data and neglect real-time communications.
"Attacks can include theft of service, telephony denial-of-service (TDoS), voice phishing, toll fraud and eavesdropping. Cyber criminals are actively targeting cloud platforms which provide diverse attack points for hackers and there has been a rise in attacks using SIP. SENTRY ensures our partners' customers are not left vulnerable to such attacks."