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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

Do Telcos Care if Huawei Spies on Customers?

The US government has told allies about backdoors in Huawei equipment, according to the Wall Street Journal. However, the CEO of Orange is less than impressed.

Honeypot Fake Infrastructure Catches Insider Fraud

If we use honeypots to lure and identify criminals working outside of telcos, why not use the same method to catch insiders?

Prison for Fraudsters Who Diverted Calls of 2,000 Customers

The criminal gang used the phone numbers and email addresses of BT customers to make luxury purchases with PayPal.

Subex CFO Proposes Major Capital Restructuring

Nominal share capital will be halved through a plan that will require shareholder and regulatory approval. Subex's growth is expected to top 7% and they are open to looking at acquisitions.

US Plans to Create Robocall-Tracing Monopoly

The TRACED Act demanded the appointment of a privately-led consortium tasked with tracing unlawful robocalls back to their origin.

Could AI Be Used to Stop Corruption?

Ukrainian business Sciforce believes machine learning has the potential to identify anomalies in unstructured data which are indicative of corrupt transactions.

Hackers Fool Telco Staff into Installing Remote Desktop Software, Claims Magazine

Persuading the unwary to allow remote access to their computers is an old trick, but it supposedly is used to execute SIM swaps.

UK Security Body Recommends Building a ‘National Telecoms Lab’

The National Cyber Security Centre's summary of telecoms security risks will interest specialists in other countries too.

Bernie Ebbers Is Dead, but We Still Have Not Learned His Lesson

The former Worldcom CEO died following his early release from prison. He served 13 years for a USD11bn fraud.

Subex Seeks Growth by Securing India’s Smart Cities

The Indian RAFM vendor is deliberately repositioning themselves as suppliers of cybersecurity tools and intelligence to the cities of the future.

Students Get Unlimited Data by Taking SIMs from IoT Car Parking Clamps

'Barnacle' car parking clamps adopted by the University of Oklahoma contain SIMs for remote management and location tracking.

Frontier Communications Will Seek Bankruptcy

The American fixed line provider is weighed down by USD17.5bn of debt.
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