Session Border Controller Solution Is More than Just a Security Solution
VoIP solutions are in use by many companies these days because of alluring profit margins and other business benefits. The increase in benefits also attracts consequences. In the case of VoIP businesses, threats such as malicious use of the VoIP solution, hack attacks, etc. are increased. The most common threats that hamper VoIP businesses are listed below:
· DoS (Denial of Service)
· DDoS (Destructive Denial of Service)
· Toll Fraud
These are the top 3 major threats lurking to harm VoIP businesses. There are also other small to big hack attacks and other threats that can harm businesses. These attacks can harm businesses by making fake calls or destruct the reputation of the company. It can also steal customer data which can harm a VoIP business in multiple ways. To protect a VoIP business from all these attacks, one needs to get a security solution. The normal firewall or antivirus software cannot be as effective in the case of a VoIP solution. Here comes an SBC solution in the picture.
SBC stands for Session Border Controller. It is basically a security solution. The best VoIP development companies design a custom session border controller for the VoIP solution and install it on the session level. It checks all packets, signals, and data that come in and go out. This gives the highest level of security to the VoIP solution as well as the whole network.
Traditionally, the SBC software was developed to keep VoIP solutions and infrastructure secure. As time passes, the best VoIP development companies such as Vindaloo VoIP Solutions Pvt. Ltd. started building multipurpose session border controller solutions. This type of SBC solution definitely does the job of securing the VoIP solution and infrastructure, but this is not it. The Session Border Controller software is not limited to security operations. It can do many more things along with security.
The SBC system can work as a mediator to create interoperability. It means it can let two completely different VoIP solutions work in harmony. It can perform codec transcoding as the first step to provide a flexible solution. It means no matter which coded your VoIP solution uses and no matter which codec your vendor or provider use, the SBC solution performs transcoding the code on both ends to let systems work in a harmony. It also performs protocol conversion as an added feature so if a business wants to connect two different VoIP solutions working with different protocols then the SBC system can let them work with the highest accuracy.
These are some of the key features available in the Session Border Controller (SBC) solution. There are many more features that make it much more than just a security solution.
It is advisable to get a custom SBC solution development because in that case, the VoIP experts develop a custom session border controller that can fit in your own business model, VoIP solution, and other factors.
Vindaloo VoIP Solutions Pvt. Ltd is one of the leading VoIP development companies and it offers custom SBC solution development in Asterisk and FreeSWITCH. To know more about it, please visit https://www.vindaloovoip.com/solutions/session-border-controller/
