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Trusted Communications: Authenticating Calls with Delegate Certificates

People simply do not answer the telephone anymore unless they unequivocally know who is calling. That is hurting legitimate businesses that rely on voice calls to reach their customers. The industry continues to advance the objective to restore consumer faith and confidence in answering our telephones. Central to achieving that objective is the ability to verify that the information of the calling party has been authenticated. That seems simple enough but considering that many businesses use more than one phone company and that some companies allow others to manage their phone service, it is more complicated than it appears. This Telco session will answer how a new policy change is helping simplify that by allowing delegate certificates to be used to authenticate calls and how the industry’s centralized Registered Caller database can be leveraged to accelerate the verification process.

Register to view the full session here.