Is Sentra part of 3CX?
No. Sentra is a Vanilla Cloud Plus add-on for your Vanilla SIP trunks, the lines that carry your calls. It protects the calls going out over those trunks, whichever phone system they come from. 3CX has its own built-in protections, which we also configure for you.
How is Sentra different from a spending limit?
A spending limit only stops your account once a set amount, for example £250, has been spent, so the fraud has already happened and genuine calls stop too. Sentra watches calls in real time against your normal behaviour and can alert you or block suspicious calls as soon as they start.
Will Sentra block genuine calls?
Sentra learns your normal calling pattern so that genuine activity isn’t flagged. If something legitimate does trigger an alert, such as calls to a new country, you can mark it as genuine and Sentra adapts. You can also run it in passive mode, where it alerts but doesn’t block.
Who gets the alerts?
Whoever you choose. Alerts can go by SMS, email or webhook, with your own triggers, messages and recipients.
Who can have Sentra?
Sentra is exclusive to Vanilla Cloud Plus customers on Vanilla SIP trunks. Talk to us and we’ll set it up around your calling pattern.