[All-Members] New Joint ATIS/SIP Forum Standard Advances Network Capabilities to Mitigate Unwanted Robocalling and Caller ID Fraud

[Marc Robins]

Dear SIP Forum Members:

 

ATIS and the SIP Forum have just announced the publication of a new Joint
ATIS/SIP Forum Standard, Signature-based Handling of Asserted information
using toKENs (SHAKEN): Governance Model and Certificate Management that
expands the SHAKEN framework, introducing a governance model and defining
X.509 certificate management procedures. Certificate management provides
mechanisms for validation of a certificate and verification of the
associated digital signature, allowing for the identification of
illegitimate use of national telecommunications infrastructure.

 

The SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs)
specification is a major advancement in industry efforts to mitigate
unwanted Robocalls and caller ID spoofing. Developed to efficiently
implement the IETF's STIR (Secure Telephony Identity Revisited) standard,
SHAKEN defines a signature to verify the calling number and specifies how it
will be transported in SIP "on the wire." The SHAKEN framework provides
guidance for service providers to implement STIR. Together, STIR/SHAKEN
offers a practical mechanism to provide verified information about the
calling party as well as the origin of the call - what is known as
"attestation" - for the first time in the network. Giving service providers
the tools needed to sign and verify calling numbers makes it possible for
consumers to know, before answering, that the calls they receive are from
legitimate parties.

 

To learn more about the Joint ATIS/SIP Forum NNI Task Force, For more
information about the Joint ATIS/SIP Forum NNI Task Force, and to obtain
copies of the completed, ratified specifications, including the recently
published specification, please visit the NNI Task Force Introduction Page
<https://www.sipforum.org/activities/nni-task-force-introduction/> .

 

All best,

 

Marc

 

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Marc Robins

President and Managing Director

SIPNOC Program Chair

Director, SIPconnect Certification Testing Program

SIP Forum

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