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Don’t Panic: Report About Networks ‘Going Dark’

FBI bosses use the phrase 'going dark' to explain why they worry about encrypted comms. This Harvard report argues there will be a change in the pattern of light and dark, but no simple trend.

Derek Canfield, TEOCO

Derek Canfield is the General Manager responsible for Business Analytics at TEOCO. He is a veteran of the telecom industry, having spent the...

UK Press Slams Vodafone Billing Mess

British journalists have finally discovered the Vodafone billing fiasco, and they have taken the opportunity to tear into the telco's repeated failures.

George Geronikos, NETSCOUT

George Geronikos is the Senior Account Manager for the Australian and New Zealand region at NETSCOUT, a leading provider of network security for telcos,...

Ghana National Auditor Claims to Have Cut 300K Simbox Lines

Afriwave says they will eliminate simbox fraud by doing more of the tests that previously failed to eliminate simbox fraud.

Firm Foundations for Successful OSS/BSS

Sustained business success can only be built upon a sound technology infrastructure.

Counsel for the Greenhorns

These ten tips will help young risk and assurance professionals to start their career — and their morning — in the best possible way.

UK Judge Rules 8-Sec Clip Infringes Copyright

A mammoth legal decision about short clips from cricket matches sided with broadcasters, protecting them from web services and phone apps that are used to make and share video clips.

Reviewing the TMF’s ERM Standard

A small team from Detecon has authored an unusually useful checklist of the most important risk management processes in telcos.

Adebo Odusina, LATRO

Adebo Odusina is a Vice President of LATRO Services, and is responsible for sales across Africa. Based in Nigeria and the United Arab...

Studying Data Science: edX MS Course on Data Sci and Machine Learning (part 2)

This is a good course; it is nicely paced and the content is sound.

Netflix Shows Why Net Neutrality Is Biased

Netflix throttled videos on some networks, but not others. The net neutrality lobby needs to grow up, and stop moaning about hypothetical risks whilst turning a blind eye to real abuse.

The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard


Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.

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