STIR/SHAKEN
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Also known as Verified Caller ID.
STIR/SHAKEN acronyms for Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR) and Signature-based Handling of Asserted Information Using toKENs (SHAKEN).
STIR/SHAKEN is a carrier-based Caller ID authentication standard that helps verify that a call is in fact from the number displayed on the Caller ID and not spoofed.
FCC Mandate: FCC rules require most providers to implement and use STIR/SHAKEN in the Internet Protocol (IP) portions of their networks. This is part of the TRACED Act.
This relates to the FCC TRACED Act. TRACED also being an acronym, Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence.
TRACED Act Caller ID Authentication Tools
- Implementation of STIR/SHAKEN
- Assessing Barriers to Implementing STIR/SHAKEN
- Number Resources - both toll free and non-toll free numbering resources
- Consumer Call Blocking
- Unauthenticated Number Protection
- Reassigned Number Database Report
- Report to Congress on the One-Ring proceeding
- Hospital Robocall Protection Group (HRPG)
- Traceback capability
- Robocall/Spoofing Violation reporting and data sharing
