Pindrop Security is using "acoustic fingerprint" technology developed in the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) to address security concerns of the telephone network. Shown are (left to right) assistant professor Patrick Traynor, GTISC director Mustaque Ahamad and Pindrop CEO Vijay Balasubramaniyan. (Photo: Justin Law)
January 23, 2012
How can you be sure that an incoming phone call is really from a customer and not an overseas criminal intent on fraud? For major financial services companies, that’s a growing concern as the telephone system adopts Internet technologies – and the security issues that come with them.
