A friend of a friend called me today to pick my brain about VoIP and how to make their calling more secure now that the team is working more from home than ever before and corporate espionage, in their industry, seems to be an almost everyday thing.
So now with the entire team working remotely, my friend's friend wanted some ideas on how to help keep things locked down. I thought his questions were timely, as working from home brings with it a whole bunch of security and privacy issues not really thought about before.
I offered a few suggestions ranging from using SilentCircle for encrypted calling between the internal team and still having the ability to be called by outsiders with a real PSTN phone number. But for off the PSTN encrypted calling, I made two additional suggestions.
The first was Signal. Like Silent Circle the app is available for iOS and Android devices, but unlike Silent Circle, the ability to call the PSTN isn't there. Signal does however have Linux, Mac and Windows apps available adding an additional layer of being reached by others on the Signal platform.
My next suggestion was Wire. Created by longtime friend Alan Duric (ex Telio and Camino Networks), Wire has been at the front end since their launch at encrypted communications with desktop and mobile versions much like Signal. If any service is secure from its start, it is Wired. Wire has the benefit of group calling and video conferencing,
all in a highly secure mode, as does Silent Circle. With desktop and mobile apps, Wire is a great choice for those who want full featured communications that are secure across a variety of platforms.
With these three services, my friend's friend now has options for secure calling from home, just like in the office and so do you.
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