STIR/SHAKEN 101: Demystifying Call Authentication for a Trusted Telecom Ecosystem
September 10, 2025 • 2:00-2:30 PM ET • Online Webinar
Building End-to-End Trust: Diving into a Next-Generation Framework
October 16, 2025 • 2:00-2:30 PM ET • Online Webinar
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Robocalls, smishing and caller ID spoofing continue to erode consumer confidence and strain networks. Meanwhile, customer expectations for secure, transparent communications have never been higher. How do we continue to elevate trust in voice and messaging with robust defenses as fraud tactics evolve at lighting speed?
Join Somos’ Susan Tamida, Senior Product Manager, and Chris Wendt, VP, Systems Engineering, for a moderated discussion in Part Two of the Somos Trust Framework Webinar Series:
Building End-to-End Trust:
Diving into a Next-Generation Framework
October 16, 2025 • 2:00-2:30 PM ET
Diving into a Next-Generation Framework
October 16, 2025 • 2:00-2:30 PM ET
Together, they’ll explore why a unified model for trusted communications is urgently needed and how the Somos Trust Framework is helping define the path forward.
This complimentary, 30-minute session offers a clear, guided look at why a more coordinated, industry-wide approach is essential to counter today’s fraud threats and rebuild trust in telecom. During this webinar, you’ll learn:
- An overview of the Trust Framework and why it’s needed now
- How the Trust Framework helps to close the STIR/SHAKEN gap
- The impact of fraud evolution on customer trust and business operations
- The role of call authentication in enabling end-to-end trust
- Why collaboration across telecom, enterprise and regulators is key to the future
Whether you’re new to the topic or looking to strengthen your understanding of how call authentication technologies and frameworks work together, register today to start building on your foundation for trusted communications
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Meet Your Presenters
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Susan Tamida, Somos' Senior Product Manager, joined Somos in 2022 and leads the innovations for RouteLink, TSSRegistry, TFNIdentity, as well as a focus on new concepts. Prior to joining Somos, Susan spent 7 years in the healthcare technology space with an emphasis on Software-as-a-Service products and services for trusted communications in pharmacy. She has a bachelor's degree in Physiology/Neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego.
Chris Wendt is Vice President, Systems Engineering at Somos. He is co-author of many of the relevant specifications related to STIR/SHAKEN in both IETF and the ATIS/SIP Forum IPNNI Joint Task Force. As a member and co-chair of the STI-GA Technical Committee he helped to establish the trust anchor for the US STI-GA the authority for signing telephone calls in the US telephone eco-system. Chris is a leader in the real-time communications space including leading the architecture of Comcast’s IMS-based voice infrastructure supporting 25+M subscribers, an expert in VoIP/SIP protocols and technologies and led the development and deployment of a cloud-based CPaaS/UCaaS solution utilizing webrtc based voice/video communications and messaging technologies.