Kate Canestrari This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Wireless Review--August 15, 1998--Win Services--Barbarians at the Gate

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   Published on: 8/15/1998   Last Visited: 8/12/2000

   "A lot of times, that's where employee fraud attacks," said Kate Canestrari, EDS product manager for wireless fraud.
   
   The more people who have access to the A-key database, the greater the chance of literally giving away the keys.
   ...
   "In a roaming environment, authentication will be only as good as the number of carriers that deploy it," Canestrari said.
   
   That puts pressure on carriers that don't yet have authentication. ALLTEL plans to implement authentication, and loss-prevention manager Adrieanna Glover said fellow carriers understand the capital and time necessary.
   
   "I wouldn't say we're getting pressure" from roaming partners, she said. "I would say questions are coming up. They're not expecting us to have authentication deployed tomorrow, but they are asking us: Do we have a plan?
   ...
   "What that's allowed the industry to do is learn from the issues they faced and what was successful to allow the small- and medium-size carriers to make the best decision," Canestrari said.
   
   Meanwhile, the industry is looking ahead to new fraud challenges, one of which is a return to subscription fraud.