Establishing And Identifying Secure Conference Calls; Call Security Interactions And Restrictions - Cisco 7965G Administration Manual

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified IP Phone

Establishing and Identifying Secure Conference Calls

You can initiate a secure conference call and monitor the security level of participants. A secure
conference call is established using this process:
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3.
4.
There are interactions, restrictions, and limitations that affect the security level of the conference call
Note
depending on the security mode of the participant's phones and the availability of secure conference
bridges. See

Call Security Interactions and Restrictions

Cisco Unified Communications Manager checks the phone security status when conferences are
established and changes the security indication for the conference or blocks the completion of the call
to maintain integrity and also security in the system.
call security levels when using Barge.
Table 1-4 Call Security Interactions When Using Barge
Initiator's Phone
Security Level Feature Used
Non-secure Barge
Secure (encrypted) Barge
Secure Barge
(authenticated)
Non-secure Barge
Table 1-5
phone security level, the security levels of participants, and the availability of secure conference bridges.
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A user initiates the conference from a secure phone (encrypted or authenticated security mode).
Cisco Unified Communications Manager assigns a secure conference bridge to the call.
As participants are added, Cisco Unified Communications Manager verifies the security mode of
each phone (encrypted or authenticated) and maintains the secure level for the conference.
The phone displays the security level of the conference call. A secure conference displays
( encrypted) or ( authenticated) icon to the right of "Conference" on the phone screen. If
displays, the conference is not secure.
Table 1-4 and Table 1-5
Call Security
Level
Encrypted call
Authenticated
call
Encrypted call
Authenticated
call
provides information about changes to conference security levels depending on the initiator's
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7965G and 7945G Administration Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.0
Understanding Security Features for Cisco Unified IP Phones
for information about these interactions.
Table 1-4
Results of Action
Call barged and identified as non-secure
call
Call barged and identified as
authenticated call
Call barged and identified as
authenticated call
Call barged and identified as non-secure
call
provides information about changes to
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