Close the gaps in your fraud protection
Protect your network, subscribers, and revenue with a broader approach to voice and SMS fraud. AB Handshake combines behavioral intelligence and Call Validation to uncover suspicious activity, expose call manipulation, and strengthen your existing controls.
Different types of fraud call for different approaches
Fraud can hide in changing traffic patterns or behind convincing caller information. AB Handshake helps uncover both, giving your team better evidence to decide where and how to act.
Detect suspicious behavior. Stay ahead of emerging threats.
Traffic Intelligence uses machine learning and behavioral analytics to identify unusual traffic patterns and emerging fraud schemes.
Drawing on AB Handshake's broader fraud expertise across operator networks, it helps look beyond known threats and predefined detection rules.
Verify call information. Expose manipulation.
Call Validation uses an out-of-band channel to compare call event information between participating originating and terminating networks during call setup.
It helps identify discrepancies associated with Caller ID Spoofing, Origin-Based Rating Fraud, and other call manipulation.
Use either capability independently or combine them to address your fraud prevention priorities.
Detect established schemes & emerging fraud
Together, Traffic Intelligence and Call Validation detect a broad range of voice and SMS fraud, including threats missed by existing controls.
How the platform works
Find suspicious activity across voice & SMS
Traffic Intelligence analyzes call and messaging behavior to help your team identify known and emerging fraud patterns.
Expose caller ID manipulation
Call Validation checks call information across participating networks to identify discrepancies associated with Spoofing and Origin-Based Rating Fraud.
Turn insights into action
Use detection and validation results to investigate suspicious activity, generate alerts, or apply configured blocking policies while helping protect legitimate traffic.
Strengthen protection without replacing your infrastructure
Cloud and on-premises deployment options to accommodate different network environments.
Detection results and verification outcomes can support existing fraud management and network security processes.
Start with one technology and introduce the other as your requirements evolve.
Define how alerts, verification outcomes, and blocking decisions are handled within your environment.
Defense across all communication ecosystems
Detect network abuse, protect subscribers and termination revenue, and strengthen fraud prevention across communications traffic.
Address communications fraud and impersonation risks through network-level intelligence and verification capabilities.
Support initiatives aimed at improving communications integrity and protecting citizens.
Frequently asked questions
How does the AB Handshake platform work?
AB Handshake brings together two complementary technologies. Traffic Intelligence uses machine learning and behavioral analytics to identify suspicious communications activity. Call Validation independently compares information about individual calls between participating originating and terminating networks. You can deploy either technology independently or combine them to strengthen fraud prevention.
What is the difference between Traffic Intelligence and Call Validation?
Traffic Intelligence detects suspicious behavior across communications traffic, including anomalies and emerging fraud patterns. Call Validation checks call event information between participating networks to identify discrepancies that may indicate caller identity manipulation or other fraud. One identifies suspicious patterns; the other independently verifies information about individual calls.
Can AB Handshake detect fraud if the other operator is not connected?
Yes, through Traffic Intelligence. Traffic Intelligence can analyze available traffic data for suspicious behavior without requiring both ends of a call to participate in the validation network. Call Validation requires the relevant originating and terminating networks to participate. Verification coverage expands as additional operators join.
How does real-time Call Validation work?
During call setup, the originating network sends a verification request, and the terminating network initiates its verification process upon receiving the corresponding call setup event. Relevant call event information is compared over a separate encrypted channel, independently of the normal signaling path. The resulting verification outcome helps operators identify discrepancies and apply their configured fraud prevention policies.
Does Call Validation slow down call setup?
Call Validation operates over a separate encrypted channel during call setup. The effect on call setup performance depends on the network configuration and deployment.
What happens when Call Validation is unavailable?
A call may be unverifiable because the necessary network information is unavailable or the relevant operator does not participate. This is different from a call with detected discrepancies. Operators determine how verification outcomes are handled according to their policies and deployment configuration.
Can AB Handshake work alongside an existing fraud management system?
Yes. Traffic Intelligence and Call Validation are designed to complement existing fraud prevention processes rather than require operators to replace their current systems.
The integration approach depends on the network architecture and available interfaces.
Can we deploy the two technologies separately?
Yes. Traffic Intelligence and Call Validation can be introduced independently, according to your priorities, infrastructure, and fraud prevention requirements. The second capability can be added as those requirements evolve.
Two technologies. One stronger defense against telecom fraud.
Explore how behavioral intelligence and independent Call Validation can help protect your network, subscribers, and revenue.