Eric Priezkalns

During his career, Eric has been a Director of Risk Management for a national telco, the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group, a Chief Marketing Officer for a software business, a consultant, a public speaker and the publisher of Commsrisk since its launch in 2006. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.

The comms providers that Eric has worked for include Qatar Telecom, Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky and Worldcom. In addition to his proficiency at speaking about the current scamdemic, Eric is also a qualified chartered accountant and a subject matter expert in consumer protection, enterprise risk management, fraud prevention, data integrity and billing accuracy. Eric was the lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press. He can be reached through the contact form on this website.

Articles by This Author

Notorious SIM-Swapping, Malware-Spreading, Bomb-Threatening Hackers Arrested

The accused are said to have harassed enemies by taking control of phone accounts and sending bomb threats to 1,066 kindergartens.

US Authorities Claim Phone Encryption Will Lead to Child Sex Abuse

Assistant Attorney General Beth Williams segued from one story about a locked phone to an 'exponential' rise in pedophilia.

North Korea Buys New German-Chinese Phone Spying Equipment

Mobile phone subscribers are purposefully told that the North Korean government has the ability to listen to their calls.

Chinese Fugitives Charged with Hacking 100 Firms Including Telcos

Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said the Chinese state had made the country 'safe for their own cyber criminals'.

¥27mn Stolen from NTT Docomo E-Money Accounts

Criminals made withdrawals from bank accounts linked to payment apps provided by Japan's leading mobile operator and five other businesses.

EU Gives €1.8mn to Develop New Mobileum 5G RAFM Platform

The AIDA project will adapt the RAID RAFM system for federated machine learning with help from several universities.

Why a Chief Risk Officer Should Be Like a Mafia Consigliere

Businesses should learn a valuable lesson taught by organized crime and repeated in Mario Puzo's most famous novel.

Second Day of RAG’s Big Online Conference

Another full day of live interactive content will feature telco risk and controls professionals talking about messaging fraud, 5G, mobile money and running services in the public cloud.

Online Conference for Telco Risk Managers Today

Over 40 speakers will deliver 16 hours of talks and debates about telco risk and assurance across the two days of RAG Americas Online. All speakers will take questions from live viewers.

What Multilingual Spam Tells Us about Fraud

The fundamental economics of crime remain the same, whether the vehicle is an international email or an international voice call.

How to Overcome Shyness and Why You Deserve to

There are good reasons why shy people may be drawn to a career like risk management. However, the best kind of shyness is not noticed by anybody else because you use it to propel yourself forward.

Why the Speed of Light Limits Call Duration Accuracy

Photons are very fast, but our planet is pretty big.
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