Secure Calls - Cisco 7941G User Manual

Calling Features

Secure Calls

Depending on how your system administrator configured your phone system, your phone may support placing
and receiving secure calls.
Your phone can support these types of calls:
• Authenticated call—The identities of the phones participating in the call have been verified.
• Encrypted call—The phone is receiving and transmitting encrypted audio (your conversation) within
• Protected call—The phone is a secure (encrypted and trusted) device on the Cisco Unified
• Nonprotected call—The phone does not have a "Protected Device" status in Cisco Unified
• Nonsecure call—The phone is not protected on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager server and
For more information, see your system administrator.
If you want to...
Check the security level of a call or
conference
the Cisco Unified Communications Manager network. Encrypted calls are authenticated.
Communications Manager server and is configured as a "Protected Device" in Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Administration.
If "Play Secure Indication Tone" is enabled (True) in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Administration, the protected phone plays a secure or nonsecure indication tone at the beginning of the
call:
◦ When end-to-end secure media is established through the Secure Real-Time Transfer Protocol
(SRTP) and the call status is secure, the phone plays the secure indication tone (three long beeps
with brief pauses).
◦ When end-to-end nonsecure media is established through the Real-Time Protocol (RTP) and the
call status is nonsecure, the phone plays the nonsecure indication tone (six short beeps with brief
pauses).
If the Play Secure Indication Tone option is disabled (False), no tone is played.
Communications Manager. No secure or nonsecure indication tone is played.
the call status is nonsecure.
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7941G, 7941G-GE, 7942, 7961G, 7961G-GE, and 7962 User Guide for Cisco Unified
Then...
Look for a security icon in the top right corner of the call
activity area, next to the call duration timer:
Authenticated call or conference
Encrypted call or conference
Non-secure call or conference
Communications Manager 9.0 (SCCP and SIP)
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