War Dialing

War dialing presents a significant threat to the enterprise

War dialing, the act of scanning a large set of phone numbers within an enterprise to find unauthorized and non-secure modems, can cripple the security of enterprise voice and data networks. Once an attack is successful, hackers gain a back door entrance into the corporate voice network and from there can initiate any number of attacks. War dialing software is easily available on the Internet and as telephony networks grow in size and complexity the possibility that a modem is left unsecured grows as well. For help in combating threats, telecom managers are increasingly looking to SecureLogix®.

SecureLogix products thwart war dialing and other threats

SecureLogix Corporation solves security problems for organizations in nearly every category of business. SecureLogix's ETM® System 5.0, the company's flagship product, contains an innovative set of security tools that make it simple to identify war dialing activity and act to terminate it. In 2005, SecureLogix solutions are helping to protect more than one-half million phone lines from telephony threats.

A comprehensive approach to blocking war dialing

Combating war dialing requires an integrated approach to security. ETM System 5.0 offers an appliance-based solution integrating security, reporting and performance applications that can stop war dialing and other security threats.

War dialing can be detected and terminated using the ETM System's voice firewall, which scans all voice network activity for suspicious trends and terminates any call that doesn't satisfy pre-determined policies. The ETM System also includes an intrusion prevention application that provides real-time alerts when malicious calling patterns are detected within the network.

Usage Manager is the ETM System's powerful call accounting application. It unifies call detail records throughout the voice network and provides immediate insight into calling patterns and resource usage, helping to identify suspicious activity.

The ETM System's Performance Manager gives telecom managers real-time and continuous visibility into the health-and-status of the voice infrastructure, displaying on a single console all active calls across the enterprise, through which war dialing patterns can be identified.