September 2021
Special Report: The 2021 State of Communications-Related Fraud, Identity Theft & Consumer Protection in the USA
by Dan Baker
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December 2020
Telecom Identity Fraud 2020: A 36-Expert Analyst Report on Subscription Fraud, Identity, KYC and Security
by Dan Baker
TRI releases a new research report on telecom identity fraud and security. Black Swan readers can download a free Executive Summary of the Report.
September 2020
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).
July 2020
Webinar: Wangiri Warriors: Solutions & Strategies for Fighting Call Back Fraud
interview with Arnd Baranowski & John Haraburda & Igor Skutsenya & Colin Yates
A virtual webinar where four telecom fraud control experts give their perspective on Wangiri, the callback fraud. They discusses strategies and explain the solutions they offer to service providers.
July 2020
Black Swan Guide: Lanck Telecom’s Voice FMS as an On-Demand Network Service
interview with Igor Skutsenya
A Guide to a new and unique on-demand network service enabling fraud-risky international voice traffic to be monitored (and either alerted or blocked) as that traffic is routed through a wholesaler on its way to its final destinations.
May 2020
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.
March 2020
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.
December 2019
A Black Swan Solution Guide: The Value of an Authoritative Database of Global Telephone Numbers in Fraud Control
interview with John Haraburda
Learn about an authoritative database of allocated numbers and special number ranges in every country of the world. The expert explains how this database adds value to any FMS or fraud analyst team.
September 2019
Black Swan Solution Guide: The IPRN Database and its Use in IRSF & Wangiri Fraud Control
interview with Dan Baker & Colin Yates
The IPRN Database is a powerful new tool for helping control IRSF and Wangiri frauds. The pioneer of the category explains the value and use of the IPRN Database in this 14-page Black Swan Solution Guide.
July 2019
White Paper: A Real-Time Cloud Service to Protect the Enterprise PBX from IRSF Fraud
by Dan Baker
Learn how a new cloud-based solution developed by Oculeus, any enterprise can protect its PBX from IRSF fraud for as little as $5 a month.
More Stories in Index
- Special Report: The 2021 State of Communications-Related Fraud, Identity Theft & Consumer Protection in the USA — by Dan Baker — This 49-page free Report on communications-related fraud analyzes the FTC’s annual Sentinel consumer fraud statistics and provides a sweeping view of trends and problem areas. It also gives a cross-industry view of the practices and systems that enable fraud control, identity verification, and security in our “zero trust” digital world.
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