The Telecommunications Fraud Prevention Committee (TFPC)

The Telecommunications Fraud Prevention Committee (TFPC) provides an active forum of industry experts who promote a united front to identify and address fraud vulnerabilities for current and future networks, architectures, services, and products. The TFPC promotes an open and cooperative environment in which to discuss and develop resolutions and mitigation for industry fraud threats.

TFPC Scope:

• Investigate current fraud activities within the industry with the aim of developing and publishing recommendations to mitigate the identified vulnerabilities. The TFPC membership will achieve this by working with network security and architectural experts.
• Review work from other ATIS forums and where appropriate put forward strategies that mitigate potential fraud or assist in fraud investigations.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory activity as it impacts the telecommunications networks with respect to its vulnerability from fraud and associated risks as it pertains to the TFPC Mission.

General Information Due to the sensitive nature of topics discussed by this committee, the TFPC works under a mandatory Non-Disclosure Agreement. The formation of sub-groups occurs once an issue has been submitted and approved by the full committee. Once the issue is resolved, the sub-group is disbanded. The TFPC is a part of the Performance, Reliability, and Security Functional Group of ATIS.   Issues Rapid Response to Stopping Telephony Denial of Service Attacks across Multiple Networks Call Forwarding Issues Associated with ABS Calls and Incomplete LIDB Validation