# STIR-SHAKEN A suite of protocols and procedures for combating caller ID spoofing on public telephone networks. STIR (Secure Telephone Identity Revisited) and SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs) authentication is managed by [[wiki/Iconectiv|Iconectiv]], a corporate descendant of [[wiki/Bell Labs|Bell Labs]] through [[wiki/Bellcore|Bellcore]]. Referenced in [[articles/Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power|Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power]].