This is the rating system the tests of Cisco and Avaya systems. The overall rating was the maximum impact that the assault team could achieve.
- Secure: No perceptible disruption to voice service.
- Resistant: Only minor and/or temporary disturbance(s).
- Vulnerable: Phone service affecting many phone users could be disrupted for a protracted period, via a sophisticated or coordinated attack.
- Open: Phone service affecting most phone users could be significantly disrupted indefinitely, via a fairly straightforward assault.
- Unsecure: Phone system or service affecting all users could be readily and indefinitely disabled.
VoIP Goes Mainstream
Stories in this report:
- VoIP Goes Mainstream
- VoIP: Ready for Prime Time
- Snapshot: The Seattle Times Co.
- VoIP Case Study: Small Project Works Out the Kinks
- VoIP Case Study: Wireless Joins Hospital's VoIP Mix
- VoIP Case Study: Call Centers Put on Speed Dial
- VoIP Case Study: Fashion Designer Gets Hip to IP
- VoIP Is Scary
- The Hidden Costs, and Savings, of VoIP
- The VoIP Management Challenge
- Breaking Through IP Telephony
- VoIP Security Rating Scale
- Ground Rules for VoIP Security Testing
- Laying the Groundwork for IP Telephony
- Bridging the IP Migration Gap
- The VoIP security checklist
- VoIP Security a Moving Target
- A VoIP Security Plan of Attack
- Avoiding Potholes on the VoIP Path
- Computerworld VoIP Data Points
This story, "VoIP Security Rating Scale" was originally published by Network World.