IP telecommunications industries frauds

Description

Telecommunications networks represent a target of choice for swindlers. These frauds represent millions of dollars worldwide. However, more and more actions are now underway, by diverse industries, to counter this global issue.

This course will give you an overview of the perpetrated fraud through business IP networks. You will see the evolution of fraud and its various forms: how fraud aims people, processes and techniques used. Concrete cases of fraud, verified statistics and especially different tracks and solutions to prevent, detect and manage fraud will be presented.

Target audience:

Senior manager & IT managers

Learning objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

1. Identify those areas of operation targeted by fraudsters;

2. Understand the terminology and manner in which fraud occurs;

3. Quantify how revenue, capital and profit are lost.

4. Combat fraud in their operations;

5. Analyze which tools, processes and people skills are best required to investigate fraud in his or her company.

Course duration: 2 days

Course content:

DAY 1

Executive summary

- Losses experienced by operators

The evolution of fraud

- Traditional types of fraud
- Common fraud techniques main issues for future
- Entrance of new, non traditional players

Subscription fraud

- Modus operandi of subscription
- Fraudster vendor tools for eliminating subscription fraud

Internal fraud

-The scale and impact of internal fraud
- Methods to hi-lite internal losses conducting internal investigations

Partnership fraud

- The threat of interconnect fraud
- Case study on internal fraud

DAY 2

Fixed network fraud

- Common types of fraud affecting fixed line telco
- Subscription fraud
- Physical attacks on network
- Premium rate fraud

Threat of SS7 attacks mobile network fraud

-Threat of SS7 attacks

Mobile network fraud

- Encryption methods for operators & handset/SIM encryption methods for operators & handset/SIM rise in
- Mobile phone related theft cloning, tumbling & other ways of compromising networks

Prepaid fraud

- How fraudsters exploit prepaid services
- Risks associated with recharge methods

Roaming fraud

- Typical methods used by criminals

Content & value added services frauds

- Content risks and liabilities

Data mining applied to fraud detection

- Data warehouse data modeling

Fraud detection and prevention
Tools and techniques