Telecom Security Screening for Fraudulent Incoming Communications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cybersecurity and telecommunications systems are vulnerable to fraudulent communications that can lead to attacks, resulting in data breaches and identity theft, with millions of people affected annually and billions of dollars lost.
Innovation Solution
A computing system that implements a cybersecurity and telecommunications security protocol to screen incoming communications, identifying potentially fraudulent sources and performing actions such as quarantining, blocking, isolating, or blocking content based on deep packet inspection, and distributing notifications to enhance security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional cybersecurity systems are used to screen incoming communications, then the system can identify some fraudulent sources, but the system remains vulnerable to sophisticated attacks such as SMS phishing, spoofing, and malicious downloads that can breach private systems and steal sensitive information
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary screening of incoming communications by comparing transmitting source data against a database of known fraudulent sources before the communication reaches the destination device. This proactive approach blocks malicious SMS messages, fraudulent calls, and suspicious data messages at the network level, preventing them from reaching user devices and potentially compromising private systems
Solution Approach 2:
The security risk system acts as an intermediary between the telecommunications network and user devices. It intercepts incoming communications, analyzes transmitting source data, and determines whether to allow or block the communication based on matches against known fraudulent sources. This intermediary layer provides an additional security checkpoint without requiring changes to user devices
2Reliability
If comprehensive screening of all incoming communications is implemented, then the system can identify and block potentially fraudulent sources, but the screening process may delay legitimate communications and increase system processing time
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial screening by focusing resources on checking transmitting source data against known fraudulent sources rather than performing exhaustive analysis of all communication content. This targeted approach screens for the most critical security threats while minimizing processing time and avoiding delays to legitimate communications
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the system blocks communications from potentially fraudulent sources, then the risk of fraudulent attacks is reduced, but legitimate communications from misidentified sources may be incorrectly blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where screening results and outcomes are used to continuously improve the security protocol. By monitoring blocked communications and analyzing transmitting source data patterns, the system can refine its screening criteria to reduce false positives while maintaining effective blocking of fraudulent sources
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods receive, by a security risk system of an entity, instructions for implementing a cybersecurity and telecommunications security protocol for a list of contact data, the security protocol screening communications relayed via a telecommunications network, the list of contact data including devices associated with telephone numbers, computing device identifiers, and email addresses. Upon ascertaining that an incoming communication is being routed to a destination computing device of the devices included in the list of contact data, data associating with a transmitting source of the incoming communication is identified. The data is compared to stored data that includes indicators of potentially fraudulent sources. Based on the transmitting source including the indicators of a potentially fraudulent source and prior to the incoming communication being routed to the destination computing device, a screening action is performed. An alert is then transmitted to computing device(s) of the security risk system.