ITU Workshop on “Improving the security of signalling protocols”
Channel: ITU
Date: 2021-11-29

The spoofing numbers as well as robocalls, along with other similar attacks, appear all over the globe making lives of the customers at least uncomfortable and unsecure. Referring to 2020 Annual Scam Call Report from First Orion (https://firstorion.com/infographic-2020-scam-call-report/), the survey showed that scammers became more efficient in 2020 with pretext COVID-19 pandemic to steal personal information from millions.

Since 2017, ITU has been developing a set of standards that allows to tackle such issues by inserting digital signatures into signalling exchange. This approach may significantly decrease the number of such attacks giving customer the trust of connected applications and services.
The upcoming ITU Workshop on “Improving the security of signalling protocols” will shed light on the recent achievements on this subject followed by a brainstorming session which will focus on identifying the issuance and distribution processes for digital certificates including the possibility to use the existing Global Title (GT) issuance process for this purpose.

Operators, regulators, customers as well as all interested stakeholders are invited to join this event. The participation is free and open for all. Please register at www.itu.int/go/WS-SSP.