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The Device Swap API enables new layers of security to be integrated into digital services, providing protection against mobile device transitions. It is designed to detect unauthorised changes, which could result in potential fraud. It provides real-time information about whether the SIM card associated with a mobile phone number has been transferred to another device.
This solution helps with the identification of phone swaps using the same number, strengthening the security measures that organisations can offer to prevent fraudulent access and protect the identity of their users. It also allows for immediate alerts and additional authentication measures to mitigate risks.
The integration of the Device Swap API enables early detection of suspicious device swaps, helping to mitigate risks before they become unauthorised actions. Businesses can avoid financial losses, reduce security breaches and maintain customer confidence.
This tool complements existing security measures by adding an additional layer of protection without affecting the user experience. It integrates with authentication mechanisms such as 2FA or risk-based authentication systems to provide stronger defences against digital fraud.
The Device Swap API provides a service to prevent fraud by identifying, in real time, device swaps for a phone number. This allows companies to trigger alerts for suspicious activity and apply additional identity verification steps, preventing unauthorised access to accounts and theft of customer data.
With device swap verification, this tool facilitates identity validation at critical points in the process, such as logging into accounts, executing transactions or resetting passwords.
This API allows data-driven messaging and recommendations to be generated, improving the customer experience. It facilitates the sending of notifications about related services when a device swap is detected, as well as informing users with older phones about possible upgrade options.
Thanks to the standardisation of this tool, developers can make use of its capabilities, without the need for customised implementations per telecom carrier, reducing complexity and reducing the time to market. This is because it offers a unified, Telco-independent interface, enabling faster and more efficient integration in commercial environments.
The Device Swap API is developed within the CAMARA framework, thus ensuring a unified use of telecom industry functionalities, such as detection and management of device swap events. This standardisation enables seamless scaling across multiple carriers and markets, facilitating interoperability between different infrastructures and service providers.
The design of this API is focused on speeding up the developer's work, to avoid the challenges that can be posed by carrier's specific requirements. This allows them to focus on creating more advanced and innovative solutions, reducing development times and ensuring frictionless implementation.
Real-time security measures
Real-time data is a particularly useful tool in the fight against digital fraud, as having up-to-date information helps to streamline the processes to act in case of risk. The integration of the Device Swap API into fraud detection systems helps to immediately detect unauthorised device swaps to prevent account takeovers. This enables layered authentication processes to be enabled, additional layers of security to be activated and fraudulent transactions to be proactively blocked, thereby strengthening user confidence and the security of digital transactions.
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Personalised messages to users
Offering communications tailored to customer's needs allows companies to optimise their sales opportunities. By analysing Device Swap API data, companies can design specific marketing strategies based on device swaps, such as offering services associated with a new phone or discounts to users with older devices. This allows to achieve crucial factors for an organisation such as launching quality messages, creating cross-selling opportunities and retaining customers. It also facilitates advanced user segmentation, enabling more effective and personalised strategies.
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Advanced identity checks
With digital fraud on the rise, companies are facing increasing challenges to protect their customers, especially in processes such as application logins. Having information such as device swaps for a SIM card can help improve identity verification processes. The Device Swap API helps to detect such suspicious movements in real time, allowing the automatic activation of additional security measures, such as multi-factor authentication or biometric validation requests. In this way, companies can react quickly to possible unauthorised access, minimising customer friction, so that they can carry out a smooth navigation that does not affect their user experience.
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Policy compliance on corporate lines
Incorrect use of business phones can be a security and cost breach for companies. It is therefore essential to ensure the proper use of these devices and to control the monitoring of the organisation's policies. Thanks to the Device Swap API, unauthorised device swaps can be identified, allowing automated alerts to be generated and usage restrictions to be applied based on corporate policy. This ensures that employees do not misuse corporate plans for personal devices, reducing security risks and optimising operational costs.
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The Device Swap API is a standardized technology solution that allows developers to integrate the detection and management of device swaps into their applications. It provides real-time insights into whether a SIM card (and associated phone number) has been moved to a new device, enhancing security and ensuring a seamless user experience.
The API works by interacting with mobile network data to monitor device-related activities. Specifically, it detects changes in the association between a phone number (MSISDN) and a device (IMEI). Upon detecting a device swap, the API can trigger notifications or provide timestamp information, allowing businesses to respond with appropriate measures.
The Device Swap API enhances security and user experience by detecting unauthorized device changes, strengthening fraud prevention, and improving verification during logins or transactions. It ensures seamless device transitions for users while also enabling personalized marketing campaigns based on device usage changes.
The Device Swap API is versatile, supporting fraud prevention in banking, securing device transitions in telecommunications, enabling targeted marketing campaigns in retail, and ensuring compliance in enterprise IT for corporate device management.
By monitoring and analysing device-related activities, the API detects unauthorized SIM-to-device pairings or abnormal device changes. These insights allow businesses to flag suspicious activities, enforce additional authentication measures, and protect user accounts or sensitive transactions.
The API enhances user experience by enabling smooth transitions when users legitimately switch devices. It allows businesses to sync data, preferences, and settings seamlessly while protecting accounts from unauthorized access, reinforcing user trust and satisfaction.
The Device Swap API complements existing security measures by adding an additional layer of protection. It integrates with authentication mechanisms such as 2FA or risk-based authentication systems to provide more robust defences against fraud or unauthorized access.
Yes, the Device Swap API can be combined with other Open Gateway APIs such as SIM Swap, Number Verify, and Device Location. Integrating multiple APIs enables a comprehensive security ecosystem, providing superior fraud detection and account protection.
Yes, the Device Swap API can provide updates when a device swap event is detected. This allows businesses to respond accordingly, such as reinforcing security measures, requesting additional authentication, or adjusting user permissions as needed.
Early detection helps mitigate risks by identifying suspicious device changes before they escalate into unauthorized actions. Businesses can prevent financial losses, reduce security breaches, and maintain customer trust through proactive measures.
Absolutely. Early detection minimizes reputational risks by preventing high-profile security incidents. Businesses can avoid negative publicity, mitigate customer dissatisfaction, and maintain their brands positive image.
The API helps businesses comply with data protection regulations such as GDPR, LGPD, and financial security standards by enabling secure identity verification and fraud prevention. It operates within a privacy-first framework, ensuring that sensitive data is handled responsibly and in compliance with legal requirements.
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