SIPNOC 2020 Overview
The SIP Forum Presents:
A Free-to-Attend Special Webinar Series Focused on STIR/SHAKEN Deployment, Regulation and Enforcement
Monday, December 7 – Friday, December 11, 2020
Note: SIPNOC 2020 has concluded. This is an archived page that contains information about the event. For more information about upcoming SIPNOC conferences, please contact Marc Robins, SIP Forum President and Managing Director, at marc.robins@sipforum.org
Introduction
Presented by the SIP Forum, SIPNOC 2020 was the 10th Annual SIP Network Operators Conference – an event that has earned high praise from attendees for its educational, non-commercial and technical content that focuses on the real-world challenges service providers face when deploying SIP-based services such as STIR/SHAKEN.
Like the SIP Forum’s June 2019 STIR/SHAKEN VIRTUAL SUMMIT – SIPNOC 2020 was a virtual event consisting of a special series of webinars presented by the experts leading the development of the STIR/SHAKEN Call Authentication Framework, as well as leading companies providing STIR/SHAKEN solutions and deployment expertise.
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Focus on the STIR/SHAKEN Framework
The primary focus of SIPNOC 2020 is on the continuing development and deployment of the STIR/SHAKEN Framework and its role in the mitigation of Robocalls and Caller ID Spoofing, as well as other related regulatory and enforcement topics and actions.
Developed jointly by the SIP Forum and ATIS (the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions) to efficiently implement the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF) STIR (for Secure Telephony Identity Revisited) standard, SHAKEN (for Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs) defines a mechanism to verify the calling number and specifies how it will be transported across communications networks.
Together, STIR/SHAKEN offers a practical mechanism to provide verified information about the calling party as well as the origin of the call — what is known as “attestation” — for the first time in the network. Giving service providers the tools needed to sign and verify calling numbers makes it possible for businesses and consumers to know, before answering, that the calls they receive are from legitimate parties.
With the recent release by the FCC on October 1, 2020 of the Second Report and Order in the Matter of the Call Authentication Trust Anchor (WC Docket No. 17-97), there are a host of new issues for the industry at large to consider.
President Trump signed into law the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act, or the “TRACED Act” (S.151) on December 30, 2019.
The TRACED Act authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue additional civil penalties on individuals who intentionally violate restrictions on the use of automated telephone equipment (i.e., illegal robocalls and spoofing); and directs the FCC to require voice service providers to offer call authentication technologies (i.e., STIR/SHAKEN) to consumers.
SIPNOC 2020 will cover critical issues — including lessons learned, tips, best-practices and recommendations — related to the deployment of STIR/SHAKEN as the industry heads into the last six-month “home stretch” before the Federal deadline set forth in the Act.
Who Should Attend SIPNOC 2020?
With a primary focus on the deployment and implementation of STIR/SHAKEN and the Robocall Mitigation industry eco-system, SIPNOC 2020 is a must-attend event for operational personnel and engineers from service providers of all stripes, and for individuals who are part of the Robocall and Call ID Spoofing solutions ecosystem, including:
- Telcos
- Major Backbone Providers
- Interconnect and Wholesale Solution Providers
- ISPs
- ITSPs (Internet Telephony Service Providers)
- Cable Operators
- Hosted and Managed Service Providers
- Wireless Network Operators
- International PTTs
- Enterprises
- Customer Care and Contact Center Operators
- Data Analytics Companies
- Application Providers
- Government Agencies and Regulators
- Regulatory attorneys with State and Federal Jurisdictions
- Equipment Manufacturers and Mobile Product Developers
- Device Integration Specialists
- Enterprise Service Assurance and IT/communications Staff
SIPNOC 2020 Topics
SIPNOC 2020 features a series of webinars that focused on issues critical to the reliable and successful deployment and operation of STIR/SHAKEN in today’s IP-based network environments, as well as associated topics including discussion of the ramifications of governmental regulatory, legislative and enforcement actions and critical security issues.
SIPNOC 2020 features content including:
- Update on the STIR/SHAKEN Framework and IP-NNI Task Force Milestones
- Out-Of-Band SHAKEN solutions
- Special FCC Keynote
- Review of the FCC’s STIR/SHAKEN Framework and the Second Report and Order (WC 17-97) in the Matter of the Call Authentication Trust Anchor
- Review of other proposed DOJ/FCC/FTC Enforcement Actions and Their Ramifications
- The Evolving Model for Attestation
- Update from the STI-GA
- Important Certificate Management Considerations and Procedures
- Delegated Certificates and Call Identity Challenges: What Data is Shared Between Carriers and Enterprises?
- The View From Canada: Special CRTC and CST-GA Keynote
- Omni-Channel Verification Solutions
- Extending the SHAKEN Eco-System
- RCD (Rich Call Data) and other Call Validation Display Framework Solutions
- STIR/SHAKEN Deployment Best-Practices
- Federating Identity Data
- Putting STIR/SHAKEN Into the Cloud
- Issues and Challenges Concerning Reestablishing Trust in Voice Communications
- Considerations for Management, Performance and Troubleshooting
- Trusted Customer Solutions: Implementing STIR/SHAKEN with Enterprise Customers
- IP Interconnection, Inter-Carrier Compensation and Access Reform Challenges
SIPNOC 2020 Registration
The official agenda and webinar registrations are now open for SIPNOC 2020!
The SIP Forum is also proud to report that due to overwhelming sponsor support, SIPNOC 2020 is free to attend!
If you need additional information, please send an email to sipnocinfo@sipforum.org or call +1-203-829-6307.
SIPNOC 2020 Sponsors
We are very proud to have the following companies support SIPNOC 2020 through their generous support as event sponsors:
Diamond Sponsors
Bandwidth (NASDAQ: BAND) is a software company focused on communications for the enterprise.
Companies like Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Zoom, and RingCentral use Bandwidth’s APIs to easily embed voice, messaging and 911 access into software and applications.
Bandwidth is the first and only CPaaS provider offering a robust selection of communications APIs built around their own nationwide IP voice network–one of the largest in the nation. More information is available at www.bandwidth.com.
Your business and your customers need to access and exchange information simply, seamlessly and securely. iconectiv’s extensive experience in information services and its unmatched numbering intelligence helps you do just that. In fact, more than 2 billion people count on our trusted communication platforms each day to keep their networks, devices and applications connected.
With new technologies revolutionizing the way companies and consumers connect and engage, trust remains the critical factor in ensuring that all voice calls, texts and chatbots – continue to support consumer engagement and keep conversational commerce flowing. iconectiv is an active participant in the industry ecosystem establishing this foundation of trust and in authenticating and verifying communications. We have demonstrated expertise as the U.S. STI Policy Administrator (STI-PA) for the nation’s Calling Number Verification Service and have been named as a GSMA Verification Authority for RCS Business Messaging. In addition, iconectiv TruReach Intel helps to verify voice, text, and chatbot communications so that legitimate businesses are known to consumers. These initiatives give stakeholders at every level—from service providers, to aggregators, to content providers and application developers—the ability to simply, seamlessly and securely enhance the trust in their communication outreach.
If you are interested in learning more about how we can help restore consumer confidence and trust in communications before SIPNOC 2020, be sure to check out these articles:
- Achieving Trusted Consumer Engagement – The New Wave of Rich Business Messaging, Powered by RCS
- Answering the Call with Authenticated Caller ID – Global Impact of Robocalling and Spoofing
- The Company You Keep – How Omnichannel Verification Protects Your Brand, Buyers and Bottom Line
For more information, visit www.iconectiv.com, and follow on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Neustar is an information services and technology company and a leader in identity resolution providing the data and technology that enables trusted connections between companies and people at the moments that matter most. Neustar offers industry-leading solutions in Marketing, Risk, Communications, Security and Registry that responsibly connect data on people, devices and locations, continuously corroborated through billions of transactions. Neustar serves more than 8,000 clients worldwide, including 60 of the Fortune 100 , and over 800 communication service providers.
An industry leader in Caller Identification solutions, Neustar is a co-author of STIR standards, key contributor to the SHAKEN framework, and the exclusive operator of the ATIS Robocalling Testbed which conducts interoperability testing of real-world STIR/SHAKEN implementations against Neustar’s reference implementation. Learn more at www.stirshaken.neustar
Somos is a leading provider of registry management and data solutions. Our mission is to empower more intimate and trusted connections between brands, consumers, and communities. We accomplish this through our suite of authentication enablement solutions as well as our numbering administration roles.
Currently, Somos serves as the North American Numbering Plan Administrator and the Pooling Administrator for more than 800 million local and wireless telephone numbers. We operate the SMS/800 TFN Registry for more than 42 Million Toll-Free Numbers in North America, and the TSS Registry, the centralized registry for the use of Toll-Free Numbers in text messaging and multimedia services.
Through our portfolio of products and services, and a collaborative approach in everything we do, Somos helps ensure trust in an increasingly digital world, while delivering value, innovation, and results to consumers. To learn more about Somos, please visit www.somos.com.
Platinum Sponsors
SIPNOC 2020 Gold Sponsors
SIPNOC 2020 Silver Sponsor
Become a SIPNOC 2020 Event Sponsor!
The SIP Forum provides a wealth of valuable sponsorship benefits and promotional opportunities to companies that become corporate sponsors of SIP Forum webinars and events.
There are a very limited number of SIPNOC 2020 sponsorship opportunities available for companies offering STIR/SHAKEN services and solutions.
For more information about remaining sponsorship options, please contact Marc Robins, SIPNOC 2020 Program Chair and SIP Forum President and Managing Director, at marc.robins@sipforum.org, or call +1-203-829-6307.
For More Information
Still have questions about SIPNOC 2020? Please send your inquiry to the event email address at sipnocinfo@sipforum.org or contact the SIPNOC 2020 Program Chair (see immediately above).
Your email address will be added to the SIPNOC conference mailing list so that you can receive news and special updates relating to the event (don’t worry — you can easily unsubscribe if you do not want to remain on the list).