About Commsrisk

Commsrisk is a website that reports on the risks faced by electronic communications providers and their customers. We cover a broad spectrum of risk and assurance challenges because we see the connections between them; customer privacy is undermined by security weaknesses, technology exploits are invented by criminals, disgruntled employees are more likely to collude in fraud, and so on. Our content is written by industry insiders with a first-hand understanding of the impact that risks can have on customers, services and profits.

It is also vital to pitch information at the right level. When it comes to insights about risks, most of us are presented with too much or too little information. We might plough through detail when implementing new systems, but have nobody to warn us about new initiatives from governments, competitors or suppliers. Commsrisk seeks to address these challenges by giving straightforward, regular, and digestible updates on major developments in risk, assurance, audit, fraud, analytics, security, data protection, regulation, technology, intellectual property and privacy that draws upon developments occurring all around the world.

In short, we know what you need to know, and what it feels like to track and absorb huge amounts of intelligence in the limited time available. We seek to provide an indispensable source of information for thousands of professionals working in the global communications sector, and for those members of the public with a keen interest in protecting their right to affordable and secure communication.

As part of our mission, we provide a home for content created and shared by the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG), a nonprofit association.

Commsrisk is owned by Revenue Protect Limited, which is in turn owned by Eric Priezkalns, the Editor of Commsrisk. We are grateful to our advertisers whose contributions cover the cost of running this website. For the sake of fairness, all advertising spaces are sold through half-yearly auctions. Businesses that want to advertise on Commsrisk can learn more here.

A full statement on the status of intellectual property rights relating to this website and its content can be found here.

A Personal Message from Eric Priezkalns, Commsrisk Editor

I am the editor of Commsrisk, and a quick glance at the archives confirms I have written about all sorts of risk and assurance challenges since the first version of this website was created in 2006. It has been both a pleasure and privilege to engage with contributors and readers all over the planet.

When away from my computer, I prefer walking in the countryside to sitting at an office desk. After two decades working as a consultant and manager for telcos, I was ready for escape. If you can successfully stand back and see the whole landscape, you also appreciate how much detail remains unexamined, whenever and wherever you choose to zoom in.

We can only learn and improve by accessing the knowledge in other people’s heads, and finding ways to cooperate for mutual advantage. I have the greatest respect for the work being done by niche risk experts dotted around the communications sector, and I appreciate the scale of the challenges they face. If this website continues to bring more of them together, then it will have served its purpose.

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