Pai Welcomes NANC Report on Shaken/Stir Call Authentication Framework
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai accepted the call authentication recommendations of the North American Numbering Council for industry to "quickly establish a Governance Authority for implementing" a Shaken/Stir framework, said a release Monday. It said Shaken/Stir (Secure Handling of Asserted information…
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using toKENs/Secure Telephony Identity Revisited) is an industry standard for "cryptographic signing" of phone calls aimed at eliminating "illegitimate spoofed numbers" used by illegal robocallers and spoofers. "A critical element of solving this problem is call authentication," said Pai, saying it will give robocall-weary consumers more confidence to answer calls. "Call authentication can help law enforcement catch scammers and help carriers identify illegal calls." The May NANC report recommended industry take the lead in standing up a governance authority and policy administrator of the framework over the next year (see 1805030014). It anticipates "certain providers could be capable of signing and validating" Shaken/Stir calls in a year, said the FCC release. NANC members, who declined to set a Shaken/Stir adoption deadline for providers, said the standard works for VoIP calls, not legacy services (see 1804270027).