Recent Articles

• Mobileum Tackles Subscription Fraud and ID Spoofing with Machine Learning that is Explainable — interview with Carlos Martins — An excellent tutorial on Subscription Fraud and Systems.  Topics include:  key Fraud vectors and profiles of the Fraudsters; the need for a multi-database approach; the great precision required to screen names and addresses; and Machine Learning/AI’s key role in a Subscription Fraud system.
• Convenient & Spam-Free: Why 800-Number Texting (8MS) is a Growing B2C Channel in North America — interview with Michael Gilbert — Texting is emerging as a highly trusted and convenient ways to communicate with businesses.  An expert in texting innovations explains 8MS toll-free B2C texting and gives his perspective on texting enrichment trends in North America.
• Positive Technologies: White Hat Hacking & Testing are Key to Signaling Security in the Era of 5G and IoT — interview with Jimmy Jones — A signaling security expert sorts through the white hat findings of a new report on mobile operator security vulnerabilities via the GTP protocol.  Also discussed: security challenges and priorities in the age of 5G and IoT.
• Black Swan Guide: Araxxe’s Revenue Assurance Consulting, Testing, and High Definition Billing Analysis Service — by Dan Baker — How Araxxe’s end-to-end revenue assurance complements switch-to-bill RA  through telescope RA (external and partner data) and microscope RA (high-definition analysis of complex services like bundling and digital services).
• Subex’s IDcentral Monetizes Telco & Enterprise Data to Deliver Digital ID & Risk Metric Services for Financing, KYC & More — interview with Shankar Roddam — A new digital intelligence service that monetizes the idle data of telecoms and enterprises while also earning a good return for the owner of the data.
• Opportunities & Obstacles: Consultant Luke Taylor Muses on the State of the Telecom Risk Assurance Business — interview with Luke Taylor — A rambling discussion on the state of the risk assurance business with Luke Taylor, independent consultant in telecom revenue/fraud assurance and solution requirements and marketing.
• LATRO’s Tips for Launching a Successful Revenue & Fraud Assurance Program for Mobile Money Operations in Developing Countries — interview with Don Reinhart — A company building mobile money RA/FM tools and  managed services gives a concise, but detailed tutorial on how the Mobile Money Ecosystem works.  Revenue assurance pros will get tips on  what to look for in analytics/assurance tools, controls, and professional services.
• A&B Handshake: A Simple Way to Control Voice Fraud via an Out-of-Band Connection between A & B Operators — interview with Sergey Okhrimenko — An A&B operator handshake provides a simple, low-cost way to deliver an out-of-band connection to identify fraudulent voice calls in real-time, better manage fraud disputes, and pave the way for greater law enforcement help.
• Black Swan Solution Guide: SHAKEN / STIR Calling Number Verification & Fraud Alerting — interview with Chris Drake & Gary Richenaker — SHAKEN/STIR is the telecom industry’s first step toward reviving trust in business telephony — and has recently launched in the U.S. market.  This Solution Guide features commentary from technology leaders at iconetiv, a firm heavily involved in the development of SHAKEN.
• NuData Analyzes Behaviors to Stop Automated Fraud Attacks & Identify Fake Customers Inside the Firewall — interview with Robert Capps — A cybercrime expert examines the role of behavioral analysis and explains why it’s critical even when the device identity is known.  He also explains how human-like automation is detected and why an analysis of browser level activity delivers an extra edge in identifying fraud attacks.
• Positive’s Research Keeps Telecoms One Step Ahead of Signaling Hackers and Fraud Disasters — interview with Jimmy Jones — And joining us to discuss signaling threats and protection techniques is Jimmy Jones, Positive Technologies’ Telecom Business Development Lead. Jimmy does a great job of simplifying An expert on signaling security: walks through signaling threats; shows how hackers penetrate and capture IMSIs; analyzes the growing signaling bypass threat; and explains the strategies taken by security-savvy telecoms.
• Black Swan Solution Guide: Getting Porting History & Carrier Data to Verify Identity & Mitigate Account Takeovers — by Kathy Timko — Learn about a recently approved risk intelligence service to receive authoritative and real-time notices of numbers being ported and changes to the carrier-of-record for specific telephone numbers.
• Senet’s Cloud & Shared Gateways Drive LoRaWAN IoT Adoption for Enterprise Businesses, Smart Cities & Telecoms — interview with Bruce Chatterley — An IoT netowork pioneer explains how LoRaWAN tech fits in the larger IoT ecosystem.  He gives use case examples, describes deployment restraints/costs, and shows how partnering, gateway sharing, and flexible deployment options are stimulating growth.
• LexisNexis Takes Identity Risk from Physical/Biometric to Network-Behavior-Sharing with 7,000 Digital Businesses — interview with Jason Lane-Sellers — An partner-network enabled identity  verification system is used by some of the largest financial and e-commerce firms in the world.  Learn how this new paradigm may revolutionize current identity and fraud control operations.