1. A method for preventing unauthorized access to audio data, the method comprising: storing, in a data buffer by an audiodg.exe process, the audio data received from an audio endpoint device; installing, in a memory of a computer, a software driver associated with an audio session, the software driver being configured to prevent access to the audio data by unauthorized software applications; receiving, by a processor of the computer, process identifier data from a software application requesting access to the audio data stored in the data buffer; determining, by the processor, whether the software application requesting access to the audio data is an unauthorized software application based upon the process identifier data, wherein the unauthorized software application comprises an application having at least one process that is identified as untrusted, malicious, or not authorized by a user to access the audio data; controlling, by the processor, the software driver to prevent access to the audio data by the determined unauthorized software application; and converting, by the software driver, the audio data to zeroes when the software application requesting access to the audio data is determined to be an unauthorized software application-based on received process identifier data.