Security Features of Virtual Phone Numbers

As businesses have realized the benefits of using virtual phone numbers and all the features that come with a virtual phone system, so too have hackers and virtual thieves realized how easy it can be to steal pertinent information by using the Internet. The rise in security threats to Voice over Internet Protocol has increased just as quickly as the use of these systems, and while the focus with each company has certainly been helping others streamline communications operations and save businesses and individuals money, for RingCentral, that focus also includes a number of security features that can truly keep business and personal communications safe.

To make sure your calls, e-mails, faxes and other means of communication are protected, you must make a point to find a phone system provider who can handle the many diverse security threats and anticipate problems before they happen, and RingCentral has been that company for many. Here are just a few of the security features involved in their services.

• Call Interception Prevention. There is a chance that hackers can listen into your conversations over the Internet with most companies, but that’s not the case with RingCentral. To protect you from even the slimmest chance, RingCentral uses encryption tools so that the chances of hackers getting into your system are nil. By making use of state of the art SSL technology that is actually verified by Thawte, one of the largest companies in the world of online security, you get a measure of great safety with this company. When combined with the security features of your own IP infrastructure, it can completely protect your calls from any sort of outside assault.
• Account Privacy. Keeping your actual data safe, instead of just your phone calls, is a top priority with RingCentral as well. There are a number of different security measures to help prevent any problems in this arena. It starts as soon as you sign up for your account. You register a security question and an answer the first time you log in to help prevent others from accessing your account. What’s more, however, is that password changes are done wholly online and protected by SSL encryption, and when creating a new extension, new security questions are established. If ever a different email address is used during any process, a careful security check is completed. Additionally, if a password or security question is changed, an email confirmation is sent in order to ensure the user’s safety.
• Data Integrity. You store some fairly important information with a VoIP service like RingCentral, and they take that commitment very seriously with a number of different procedural safeguards within their company as well as several actual and electronic procedures. By restricting access on your information as well as your Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) to only those employees who need to access it, very few individuals will actually have a chance to view your information, and all of those are carefully screened. Moreover, the SSL technology helps keep others online from viewing any information you might transmit.

Being on top of the latest security threats is the best way for a virtual phone service like RingCentral to protect its clients.

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