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cVidya Needs More Money; Seeks Buyer
cVidya, the Israeli revenue assurance vendor, is seeking an injection of between USD10M and USD15M, and is possibly looking to attract buyers, according to...
To Kick or to be Kicked
Eric’s post on Kicking Risk’s Bottom got me thinking. I am also interested in one angle to this whole bottom-kicking business for very personal...
Kicking Risk’s Bottom
What is the job of a risk manager? Well, it is basically to kick people in the bottom for being careless, before the...
Connectiva Leaks Bad News
I never blog rumours, but lots of bloggers do. Each to their own. So whilst I hear lots of rumours about Connectiva,...
O2 Data Breach: customers are best testers
UK mobile operator O2 found themselves in trouble last week, when it was discovered they automatically sent the user's telephone number to any website...
Get RA-Wise with 5 Whys
5 Whys is perhaps the best known technique for finding the root cause of problems. Developed in Japan and pioneered in Toyota, it...
Never Beyond Bias
I have always been preoccupied by bias, but last year I spent a lot more time trying to understand what drives and enables it....
Indian Police Arrest Teleonto MD
In October, the Managing Director of Teleonto, the fringe Indian RA vendor, was arrested by police for allegedly siphoning INR18.6M (USD340k) of investor funds;...
Merry Christmas China… Now Change Your Passwords
The astonishing news from China is that 10% of all Chinese web users had their passwords compromised over the Christmas period. Hackers stole...
Jim DeLoach on Enterprise Risk Management
Normally I spend a lot of time complaining that vendors and consultants talk an awful lot of nonsense about risk management. It is...
Comparing Bigfoot to GRAPA
Reading the website of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) I was stuck by the similarities with the website of the Global Revenue Assurance...
inteRAction
Let me share a secret. My interest in RA accounts for only half of my interest in talkRA. The other half of...
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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