{"id":9102,"date":"2024-12-03T09:13:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T07:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/?p=9102"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:40:27","slug":"sbc-security-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deployment of VoIP technology offers many advantages over a public switched telephone network (PSTN) but encounters many challenges.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9103 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png\" alt=\"MB_POST BLOG Psaras EN_Nov2024\" width=\"555\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png 940w, https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024-859x720.png 859w, https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/>Session Border Controllers were introduced to provide ultimate security and to normalize communications over IP.<\/p>\n<p>The software of SBCs works both as a specialized voice firewall and as a &#8220;normalizer&#8221; between the provider&#8217;s equipment and the customer\u2019s PBX. The SBC technology is powerful and scalable, offering advanced security, interoperability, intelligent session control and quality assurance.<\/p>\n<p>SBCs are offered in several types and are priced based on features and capacity. They can be purchased as Appliances (Hardware and Software), as Virtual Machines (Software) or as a Cloud service.<\/p>\n<p>The SBCs equipment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>normalizes communication to be mutually compatible,<\/li>\n<li>encrypts and decrypts communication,<\/li>\n<li>hides the customer&#8217;s telecommunications infrastructure from the provider and from the Public Internet,<\/li>\n<li>mitigates an attack,<\/li>\n<li>prevents suspicious calls (fraud),<\/li>\n<li>protects the customer&#8217;s telecommunications infrastructure from malicious actions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Configuration of SBCs is not an easy task and requires special knowledge. After their installation, however, they operate continuously without major intervention needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Choosing the proper partner for the SBCs configuration is very important, since both telecommunication and network security expertise<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>are imperative.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/sbc_pic-machinery_enpng\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9518\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-9518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SBC_pic-machinery_ENpng-650x433.png\" alt=\"SBC_pic machinery_EN\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SBC_pic-machinery_ENpng-650x433.png 650w, https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SBC_pic-machinery_ENpng-325x217.png 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deployment of VoIP technology offers many advantages over a public switched telephone network (PSTN) but encounters many challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges - Microbase<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The deployment of VoIP technology offers many advantages over public switched telephone network (PSTN) but encounters many challenges.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The deployment of VoIP technology offers many advantages over a public switched telephone network (PSTN) but encounters many challenges.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Microbase\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-03T07:13:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T10:40:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"788\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"margarita\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The deployment of VoIP technology offers many advantages over a public switched telephone network (PSTN) but encounters many challenges.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"margarita\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"margarita\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/15914b99e5e613e659bf9368b49e760a\"},\"headline\":\"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-03T07:13:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T10:40:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/\"},\"wordCount\":203,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/\",\"name\":\"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges - Microbase\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-03T07:13:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T10:40:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"The deployment of VoIP technology offers many advantages over public switched telephone network (PSTN) but encounters many challenges.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png\",\"width\":940,\"height\":788,\"caption\":\"MB_POST BLOG Psaras EN_Nov2024\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0391\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Microbase\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Microbase\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Logo_Microbase.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Logo_Microbase.png\",\"width\":1602,\"height\":350,\"caption\":\"Microbase\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/15914b99e5e613e659bf9368b49e760a\",\"name\":\"margarita\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea36d332cf2dbf84e6681fd54bc39599e804d7f4143fa38e735ac9bd582e95d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea36d332cf2dbf84e6681fd54bc39599e804d7f4143fa38e735ac9bd582e95d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"margarita\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/author\/margarita\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges - Microbase","description":"The deployment of VoIP technology offers many advantages over public switched telephone network (PSTN) but encounters many challenges.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges","og_description":"The deployment of VoIP technology offers many advantages over a public switched telephone network (PSTN) but encounters many challenges.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/","og_site_name":"Microbase","article_published_time":"2024-12-03T07:13:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-10T10:40:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":940,"height":788,"url":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"margarita","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges","twitter_description":"The deployment of VoIP technology offers many advantages over a public switched telephone network (PSTN) but encounters many challenges.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"margarita","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/"},"author":{"name":"margarita","@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/15914b99e5e613e659bf9368b49e760a"},"headline":"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges","datePublished":"2024-12-03T07:13:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-10T10:40:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/"},"wordCount":203,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/","name":"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges - Microbase","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png","datePublished":"2024-12-03T07:13:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-10T10:40:27+00:00","description":"The deployment of VoIP technology offers many advantages over public switched telephone network (PSTN) but encounters many challenges.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MB_POST-BLOG-Psaras-EN_Nov2024.png","width":940,"height":788,"caption":"MB_POST BLOG Psaras EN_Nov2024"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/sbc-security-shield\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0391\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae","item":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The SBC technology as a shield to security challenges"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/","name":"Microbase","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#organization","name":"Microbase","url":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Logo_Microbase.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Logo_Microbase.png","width":1602,"height":350,"caption":"Microbase"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/15914b99e5e613e659bf9368b49e760a","name":"margarita","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea36d332cf2dbf84e6681fd54bc39599e804d7f4143fa38e735ac9bd582e95d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea36d332cf2dbf84e6681fd54bc39599e804d7f4143fa38e735ac9bd582e95d6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"margarita"},"url":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/author\/margarita\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9102"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9521,"href":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9102\/revisions\/9521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microbase.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}