Security & Compliance Ref: ATIS-1000074 / IETF RFC 8588

STIR/SHAKEN

Secure Telephony Identity Revisited / Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs

Direct Telecom Definition • Carrier Industry Standard

A suite of protocols designed to combat illegal caller ID spoofing and verify authentic calling identity.

Technical Definition & Carrier Engineering Standards

STIR/SHAKEN uses digital certificates and cryptographic SIP Identity headers to assign attestation levels (Full/A, Partial/B, Gateway/C) to voice traffic traversing international interconnects, ensuring CLI integrity.

Related Telecommunications Terminology

Voice Protocols

CLI / Direct Routes

Wholesale voice routes configured to pass authentic caller ID and ISUP signaling with zero CLI manipulation or grey transit.

Voice Protocols

SIP

Signaling protocol used for initiating, maintaining, and terminating real-time voice and video sessions.

Voice Protocols

SBC

A dedicated telecommunications appliance or virtualized node regulating voice and video streams at network boundaries.

Security & Compliance

Wangiri Fraud

A telecom fraud scheme where automated dialers generate short, unanswered calls from high-cost premium rate numbers to entice victims to call back.