Mission
This working group catalogs and surveys existing tools, practices and solutions already deployed across telecom operators and vendors worldwide to fight unwanted or fraudulent communications. Their goal is to produce a “toolbox” of vendor-neutral best practices and processes, including a matrix of technologies, and ultimately publish guidance and recommendations to support global adoption of effective anti-fraud measures.
Leadership
Angelas Dais
AT&T
Tim French
Wavecrest
Featured Documents
- Document coming soon >
We’re not starting from scratch!
- telcos and carriers deploying tools and processes to reduce illegitimately spoofed, illegal, malicious, scam, or unwanted calls
- multiple vendors developing and enhancing services and solutions
- One Consortium’s initial focus : survey, describe and categorize existing tools
- longer-term output :
- high-level paper summarizing the tools identified
- recommendations on vendor neutral “toolbox” and best practices
- jurisdictions have unique needs : certain tools more appropriate in one jurisdiction than another
- progress to date : initial survey Matrix almost finalized (approx. 40 tools described), being shared with GIRAF for comments
- very active and highly structured working group : 28 experts ranging the entire call path eco-system from around the world. Meeting twice a month. Sub-groups on specific tools, peer reviewed.
Content for each tool : description of the tool; its availability; whether implementation is mandated, and if so, where; services covered by the tool; scope of the tool’s use, at origination or termination, etc..; source of the tool, whether it’s commercial or standards-based, etc.; current coverage of the tool; implementation considerations; and known limitations
