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> 2011

Unrealistic Optimism: blame your brain

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Oct 2011 Risk, Fraud & Security

It is official – scientists have found an explanation for why most people are over-optimistic. In a previous blog, I talked about the need to…


Malawi: Making RA a Human Rights Issue

By Eric Priezkalns 18 Oct 2011 Privacy & Intellectual Property

In a previous post I highlighted the plans of Malawi’s regulator to implement a controversial new ‘spy’ system for the purpose of revenue assurance, amongst…


5 RA Questions You Dare Not Ask (and I will not answer)

By Eric Priezkalns 16 Oct 2011 Assurance & Audit

We all know what revenue assurance is like. People ask about how to pick the correct KPI mediation threshold when reconciling your roaming ADSL IPDR…


Tech Journalist Blasts Boards for Risk Failures

By Eric Priezkalns 13 Oct 2011 Risk, Fraud & Security

In a recent opinion piece, veteran journalist Mary Jander lambasted the boards of technology firms for not overseeing the risks taken by their companies. Jander…


Subjectivity of Perception for Mobile Phone Health Risks

By Eric Priezkalns 12 Oct 2011 Risk, Fraud & Security

Look here for a brilliantly simple explanation of the subjective way people perceive mobile phone health risks. As Michael Blastland of the BBC points out:…


O2 Bill Shock Too Soon

By Eric Priezkalns 10 Oct 2011 Assurance & Audit

Roaming data charges can lead to bill shock – the shock of enormous and unexpected bills. One sensible counter-measure to bill shock is to warn…


Domain Typos are Security Loopholes

By Eric Priezkalns 7 Oct 2011 Risk, Fraud & Security

People love finding the complicated ways by which things go wrong. Audacious frauds, complex exploits, elaborate leakages – people love to find them and show…


Gaping Hole in HTC Android Security

By Eric Priezkalns 5 Oct 2011 Risk, Fraud & Security

It is getting to the point where smartphone users would be safer binning their radio-enabled computers and just walking around town wearing t-shirts emblazoned with…


Responding to Disasters with Mobile Phone Data

By Eric Priezkalns 3 Oct 2011 Data & Analytics

Much is said about exploiting the value of customer data. Mobile phone networks know a lot about their customers, and this prompts technologists and marketeers…


Groupon: Why Revenue Recognition Matters

By Eric Priezkalns 30 Sep 2011 Risk, Fraud & Security

The recent blizzard of stories about Groupon, the online deals site, highlights all kinds of risk areas, from unhappy execs leaving soon after joining, to…


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