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Attestation. In a STIR/SHAKEN call, the originating service provider signs (or attests) to their relationship with the caller and their right to use the calling number.

STIR/SHAKEN digitally validates the handoff of phone calls passing through the complex web of networks, allowing the phone company of the consumer receiving the call to verify that a call is in fact from the number displayed on Caller ID.

Providers with 100,000 or fewer voice subscriber lines are granted until June 30, 2023, to implement STIR/SHAKEN on the IP portions of their networks. Subscriber line counts include all business and residential fixed subscriber lines and mobile phones and aggregated over all of the provider's affiliates.

In the STIR/SHAKEN framework, originating service providers are responsible for authenticating calls. they originate onto the telephone network. This is done by digitally assigning an encrypted attestation. rating asserting the degree of confidence that the caller is entitled to use the indicated phone number.

If you get calls from people saying your number is showing up on their caller ID, it's likely that your number has been spoofed. We suggest first that you do not answer any calls from unknown numbers, but if you do, explain that your telephone number is being spoofed and that you did not actually make any calls.

With STIR/SHAKEN in place, phone calls are verified and signed using digital certificates so spoofed calls can be identified and displayed on caller ID or detected and stopped before they reach consumers.

Attestation is a crucial part of the STIR/SHAKEN process and includes three categories to determine essential information about the caller by evaluating the attestation level of each call. These attestation levels distinguish a caller's validity to use a specific number.