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Three Steps Toward Securing Software Supply Chains
Code is the foundation for every piece of technology, from smartphones to industrial robots to the networks that connect them. That also makes it the foundation for every application, business process and services that uses those technologies. Hackers recognize this fact and leverage it. A recent, high-profile example is the attack on FireEye that used multiple trojanized updates to SolarWind’s Orion software. By targeting software providers, the hackers were able to install back doors into…
Aug 30, 2021
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Registered Caller™ & Centralized Telephone Number Registry
Register caller, the nation's new telephone registry from CTIA and iconectiv helps call centers and enterprises mitigate robocalls and increase their call answer rates. This energy session we'll discuss the registered caller and centralized telephone number registry and how it helps maintain the integrity of one of our most important methods of communication, that's voice calls that by providing voice service providers with verified caller information On this session is Andrew Jersey, he's a…
Aug 24, 2021
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A Common Nomenclature Enables Faster Rollouts of 5G and New Business Models for IoT and More
Multi-access edge computing (MEC), virtualized network function (VNF) and 5G give service providers powerful new ways to maximize scalability, flexibility and operational efficiency while enabling new services and revenue streams. However, to capitalize on those opportunities, service providers first must have a highly accurate, industry-standard way to identify and manage all of their infrastructure, including their physical and virtual assets.
Those capabilities enable them to quickly…
Aug 11, 2021
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The world can be SHAKEN: Service providers and regulators move to tackle the robocall challenge
Jeremy Cowan, Vanilla Plus: Robocalling is a global problem that affects every person. What are some of the current processes being implemented to mitigate this?
Michael O’Brien, iconectiv: Robocalling is a global epidemic that affects every corner of the world. In 2020, North America and Europe received a total of 157.4 billion robocalls. This year, American consumers alone have received nearly 22 billion in the first five months, with this number expected to reach more than 52 billion by…
Aug 4, 2021
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STI-GA Announces Policy Changes to Support Delegate Certificates and Toll-Free
The industry-led Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (STI-GA) today announced two policy changes in the SHAKEN ecosystem. The set of first policy changes will allow delegate certificates to be used by third-party callers as well as companies originating calls from toll-free numbers to also provide SHAKEN authentication.
With the STIR/SHAKEN protocol, a call is given the top level of attestation (A-level) only if the service provider signing the call can attest to the customer’s…
Jul 26, 2021
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Legitimate Businesses, Telephone Companies Now Have More Options to Present Verified Caller ID to Consumers
Legitimate businesses that rely on voice calls to reach their customers got a much-needed boost this week following the announcement by the Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (STI-GA) that they are expanding the way in which trusted caller information can be established. This new policy change, announced July 26, expands the SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using tokens) protocol to support the use of Delegate Certificates by voice service providers when…
Jul 26, 2021
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Legitimate Businesses, Telephone Companies Now Have More Options to Present Verified Caller ID to Consumers
Legitimate businesses that rely on voice calls to reach their customers got a much-needed boost this week following the announcement by the Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (STI-GA) that they are expanding the way in which trusted caller information can be established. This new policy change, announced July 26, expands the SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using tokens) protocol to support the use of Delegate Certificates by voice service providers when…
Jul 26, 2021
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Potential of IoT Expanded with First-ever Application Registry
PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY and WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 8, 2015 – With machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT) quickly evolving, a critical foundation must exist to enable applications developed on different networks and platforms to easily and seamlessly exchange information. Today, the industry moved one step closer to that reality with the launch of the first-of-its-kind oneM2M Application-ID (App-ID) Registry, which will help accelerate the adoption of open…
Dec 8, 2015
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CTIA-The Wireless Association® Announced New Strategic Partner iconectiv for Common Short Code Registry Services
WASHINGTON and PISCATAWAY, NJ – July 30, 2015 – CTIA-The Wireless Association® announced today iconectiv, a leading provider of solutions that enable communication service providers to interconnect networks, devices and applications, is its new strategic partner for its Common Short Code (CSC) Registry Services. iconectiv will provide these services starting January 1, 2016.
CSCs are five or six digit codes that enterprises and businesses use to engage customers via text message. CTIA…
Jul 30, 2015
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ATIS and iconectiv Named to Key Management Roles in the New M2M Registry
WASHINGTON, DC and PISCATAWAY, NJ, July 7, 2015 — ATIS and iconectiv today announced their leadership roles in the development of the new Application Identifier (App-ID) Registry for oneM2M, the global standards initiative for M2M communications and the Internet of Things (“IoT”).
oneM2M has designated ATIS, a oneM2M founding partner, as the initial and sole App-ID Registry Management Authority. In this role, ATIS will oversee the launch of the official oneM2M App-ID Registry to ensure…
Jul 7, 2015
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FCC Authorizes LNPA Contract Negotiations with iconectiv to Begin
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – March 26, 2015 – Telcordia Technologies, Inc., D/B/A iconectiv, the world leader in number portability services, announced today that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted an order instructing the North American Portability Management LLC (NAPM) to initiate contract negotiations with iconectiv to serve as the new national Local Number Portability Administrator (LNPA) for all seven of the U.S. Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) regions.
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Mar 26, 2015