The global market for VoIP services has grown exponentially over the past two decades. It reached $85 billion by 2021 and continues to grow to over $100 billion over the next five years. That growing volume and increasing dependence presents VoIP providers with the challenge of improving the capacity and availability of their services and preventing outages.
Since the corona pandemic, many more people have become dependent on VoIP, for all online conversations and meetings with colleagues, business partners and customers. At the same time, people at home are also communicating more frequently via VoIP with family members and friends. Because NaWas is busy fighting DDoS attacks every day, we have gained a good understanding of the trends and developments within DDoS attacks. One important trend is the vulnerability of VoIP services and the direct impact it has on society when these services are unable to work, or can barely work. In this whitepaper, you will find out what the impact of DDoS attacks on VoIP services is, read about trends and developments, and be informed how VoIP services can be protected.