SCAMSTOP : Scams and Fraud Detection in Voice over IP Networks FP7 contract number: 232458 D2.1 Fraud in VoIP Networks: Size and Scope
Résumé
The migration from circuit-switched networks to packet-switched networks necessitates the investigation of related issues such as service delivery, QoS, security, and service fraud and misuse. The latter can be seen as a combination of accounting and security aspects. In traditional telecommunication networks, fraud accounts for annual losses at an average of 3% to 5% of the operators' revenue and still increasing at a rate of more than 10% yearly. It is also expected that in VoIP networks, the situation will be worse due to the lack of strong built-in security mechanisms, and the use of open standards. In this deliverable, we (1) discuss in details the fraud problem, in particular in the telecommunication area (2) describe and evaluate the existing anti-fraud solutions (3) and devise the requirements which will serve in the SCAMSTOP architecture development.