Book description
Master the foundations of modern Cisco Unified Communications (UC) system security
This guide helps you build foundational knowledge for securing modern Cisco Unified Communications environments that support voice, video, messaging, and meetings, and support different types of real-time collaboration capabilities based on mobile/remote access and mobile devices based on bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives.
Writing for administrators and managers, two Cisco collaboration experts bring together methods and insights to illuminate both the why and the how of effective collaboration security. Using the proven Explain, Demonstrate, and Verify methodology, they explain each threat, demonstrate remediation, and show how to confirm correct implementation. Youll walk through securing each attack surface in a logical progression, across each Cisco UC application domain.
The authors address key updates to Cisco collaboration architecture, including Expressway, Cisco Meeting Server, encryption enhancements, and advanced business-to-business collaboration. Youll find quick-reference checklists in each chapter, and links to more detail wherever needed.
Begin by protecting your workforce through basic physical security and life/safety techniques
Understand how attackers seek to compromise your UC systems network environmentand your best countermeasures
Maintain security across all UC deployment types n Protect core UC applications by locking down and hardening the core operating system
Use encryption to protect media and signaling, and enforce secure authentication
Secure Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Meeting Server
Deploy Session Border Controllers to provide security controls for VoIP and video traffic
Provide additional protection at the edge of the network
Safeguard cloud-based and hybrid-cloud services
Enable organizations to seamlessly and securely connect to cloud UC services
Allow remote teleworker users to connect safely to local UC resources
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- About This eBook
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Credits
- About the Authors
- About the Technical Reviewers
- Dedications
- Acknowledgments
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- Icons Used in This Book
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Importance of Practical UC Security
- Chapter 2 Physical Security and Life Safety
- Chapter 3 Security Through Network Fundamentals
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Chapter 4 Maintaining Security Across UC Deployment Types
- Common Enterprise Collaboration Deployment Models and Security Considerations
- An Overview of How to Secure Cluster Communications
- NTP Authentication Enablement and Verification
- Securing Intra-Cluster Signaling and Traffic
- Securing the Signaling Traffic to IOS Voice and Analog Gateways
- Securing the Integration with Cisco Emergency Responder
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- Chapter 5 Hardening the Core Cisco UC Appliance Operating Systems
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Chapter 6 Core Cisco UC Application Lockdown
- Types of Users in Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unity Connection
- Strengthening Local User Account Controls
- Importing End Users from a LDAP Directory
- Using Single Sign-On to Simplify the Login Experience
- Synching End Users Between Unity Connection and Unified CM Using Universal PIN
- Locking Down the GUI
- Enabling System Monitoring Using SNMP and Syslog
- Disaster Recovery Planning and Best Practices
- Summary
- Additional Resources
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Chapter 7 Encrypting Media and Signaling
- Licensing (Encryption License) and Allowing Export Restrictions Requirements
- FIPS Considerations When Enabling Secure Signaling and Media Encryption
- Public Key Infrastructure Overview
- TFTP File Encryption
- Overview of the Endpoint Registration Process
- Applying the Secure Phone Profiles and LSC to the Phones
- Summary
- Additional Resources
- Chapter 8 Securing Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Cisco)
- Chapter 9 Securing Cisco Unity Connection
- Chapter 10 Securing Cisco Meeting Server
- Chapter 11 Securing the Edge
- Chapter 12 Securing Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Services
- Afterword
- Index
- Code Snippets
Product information
- Title: Practical Cisco Unified Communications Security
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2020
- Publisher(s): Cisco Press
- ISBN: 9780136654629
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