Voice over IP (VoIP) Software Blade

Overview

The Check Point security family enables you to deploy VoIP applications such as telephony or video conferencing without introducing new security threats or needing to redesign your network. Because worms and VoIP-specific Denial of Service attacks can take IP phone services down, the Check Point family delivers an evolving solution that understands and protects against existing and new threats that may disrupt business continuity. Check Point solutions also reduce the complexity of VoIP deployment by eliminating such common pain points as incompatibility between VoIP and Network Address Translation.

Key Benefits

• Increases protection and availability of VoIP against worms and attacks on a converged network
• Decreases likelihood of fraud and theft of VoIP services
• Reduces costs of VoIP deployment by enabling it to work with NAT and other existing network elements
• Simplifies extension of VoIP to remote offices and workers
• Provides preemptive protection for both the VoIP network and the underlying infrastructure

Features

• Enabling complex, diverse VoIP protocols
• Protecting the converged network
• Delivering high voice quality
• Solving the NAT problem

Enabling complex, diverse VoIP protocols
Companies can choose from among a host of VoIP protocols—all which function completely differently and interact with security in ways that traditional firewalls cannot handle. Voice over IP Software Blade delivers the most intelligent security for the widest variety of VoIP protocols available in a perimeter security solution. The intelligent security of the Voice over IP Software Blade delivers two benefits that other perimeter solutions do not. First, it enables complete inspection of both the network layer and the payload—where additional VoIP data is placed. Second, because Check Point Security Gateways were developed to be aware of how VoIP sessions should work, it can detect and stop malicious VoIP activity without administrator interaction.

Protecting the converged network
Placing voice traffic on the data network exposes it to traditional data attacks. The Voice over IP Software Blade goes beyond simple support for VoIP protocols to an awareness of how VoIP works, providing preemptive protection for both the VoIP network and the underlying infrastructure.

Delivering high voice quality
A major concern for VoIP deployments is maintaining the high level of voice quality people are used to from traditional phone services. The Voice over IP Software Blade integrates Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms to ensure that the quality of voice traffic is not reduced while still maintaining a high level of security.

Solving the NAT problem
Network address translation (NAT) is a common security function that is often incompatible with VoIP deployment. The Voice over IP Software Blade provides the greatest range of deployment options for VoIP in a NAT environment without the use of third-party products.

Specifications

Support

Threats to networks are constantly evolving and becoming more sophisticated. To maintain continuity and productivity, defenses must advance as quickly to deliver the technology and features that protect the business. Check Point Services protect against emerging threats with critical hot software fixes, service packs, and major software upgrades.

Benefits

• Ensure continuous security with access to critical hot fixes and service packs
• Maximize ROI and investment with access to major upgrades and enhancements
• Increase security with the latest applications, features, and technologies

More information