Vulnerability Assessment Solution for Voice-Over-IP Introduced by VoIPshield Systems, Enterprises and Service Providers Now Have the Power to Secure Converged Networks at the Systems Level.

LOS ANGELES -- Internet Telephony Conference and Expo - VoIPshield Systems Inc, a leading company offering products to secure voice communications on IP networks, today announced VoIPaudit, a vulnerability assessment solution built specifically for Voice-over-IP (VoIP). VoIPaudit enables organizations to automatically identify and eliminate possible VoIP-specific attacks before they impact IP telephone services.

Security has emerged as one of the biggest barriers to VoIP deployments and analysts have projected that the VoIP security market will reach more than $2.9 billion by 2008. The push for VoIP-specific security solutions comes as service providers, enterprises, and security consultants are faced with addressing not only the real-time nature of voice communications, but a number of new types of attacks such as voice spam and call hijacking.

"Ours is the first security solution which can not only address the complexity of voice deployments, but secure the VoIP network at the systems level," Dr.C.Paul Slaby, co-founder and CEO of VoIPshield Systems. "VoIPaudit is designed to meet the unique requirements of enterprises and service providers deploying VoIP. Voice communications are critical and VoIPaudit offers an unprecedented level of intelligence and security assessment for all the equipment and devices in the VoIP network."

By using VoIPaudit to identify and eliminate possible attacks, organizations are able to realize cost efficiencies by eliminating the need for time-consuming manual scans. VoIPaudit Beta customers, Cinnabar Networks and MKC Networks have been able to identify security issues and take corrective actions before voice systems are impacted. For security consultants, VoIPaudit offers an opportunity to provide clients with an automated assessment and analysis of VoIP networks instead of a manual inspection, and to generate new revenue by delivering VoIP security audits.

VoIPaudit is based on a continuously updated threats database, developed by VoIPshield's Security Research Team, which is exclusively dedicated to the monitoring, researching and remediating of VoIP security vulnerabilities.

Product Benefits

  - Carrier Class Scalability. The VoIP vulnerability assessment
    product scales to large national or international deployments and
    is priced based on the size of the voice network.

  - Complete coverage. Automated, intelligent scanning of all VoIP
    specific devices and applications, related components such as
    directory servers, routers, firewalls and the underlying
    operating system.  Also provides multi-vendor support for VoIP
    protocols including SIP, H323, Cisco Skinny, Nortel Unistim,
    and other proprietary protocols.

  - Reliability. Carriers are operating networks in 24/7/365 mode.
    VoIPaudit fully distributed architecture provides very high
    availability required by service provider's mission critical
    operations.

  - Flexibility. Wireless VoIP services such as IMS and dual mode
    mobile phones are becoming a major force driving adoption of
    VoIP. VoIPaudit seamlessly adapts to these technologies without
    the need for software modifications.

  - Repeatability. Organizations can select the ideal audit
    parameters, whether it is continuous, which enables
    vulnerabilities to be identified as soon as they are discovered,
    or periodic scans.

  - Ease of Use. VoIPshield Systems' vulnerability assessment product
    comes complete with training, support and a user-friendly
    interface supporting automatic discovery, default audit scans and
    broad analysis and reporting tools. Extensive reporting features
    enable security staff to do a complete analysis of
    vulnerabilities and quickly summarize findings to management.

Pricing and Availability

VoIPaudit is now available starting at $US 10,000.

See VoIPshield at the Internet Telephony Expo and Conference

VoIPshield is exhibiting at the Internet Telephony Expo and Conference at booth # 431. Bogdan Materna VoIPshield's VP Engineering and CTO, will be participating in a panel on Security in the IP Telephony Network, Wednesday October 26 from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m.

About VoIPshield Systems

VoIPshield Systems is a leading company developing products to secure voice communications on IP networks. The company's sole focus is on building solutions designed specifically to meet the complex needs of VoIP networks and to ensure that VoIP is as secure as the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The company's Security Research Team performs industry leading VoIP vulnerability testing and analysis, which forms the basis of the company's product offering, VoIPaudit. This innovative solution provides an automated vulnerability assessment and auditing solution built to identify and eliminate possible VoIP-specific attacks before they impact IP telephone services.

VoIPShield Systems and VoIPaudit are registered trademarks of VoIP shield Systems Inc.