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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

US-Trained Spy Worked at Qatari Telco Before Spying for UAE

Lori Stroud, former colleague of Ed Snowden, began spying for the UAE shortly after reviewing IT security for Ooredoo.

Sonae IM Creates Research Lab with University

The division of Sonae which owns RAFM market leaders WeDo is putting money into scholarships for researchers working on cybersecurity, AI, and transactional technologies.

Disturbing Accounts of US-Trained Phone Spies Working for UAE

We all know electronic spies have sophisticated tools, but you may be shocked by the moral vacuity of the hired help.

10 Year Prison Sentence for US SIM Swapper; Another Indicted

Californian prosecutors will send a SIM swapper to prison whilst New York launches its first SIM swap prosecution.

Commsrisk Top Ten for January 2019

Did you miss a big industry story? These were the ten most popular Commsrisk articles during January.

What Do We Do with Huawei?

A US indictment accuses Huawei of literally stealing a robot arm from T-Mobile. The risks of doing business with Huawei are widely known, so why does much of our industry ignore them?

A Quarter of Americans Stream Video from a Different Household’s Account

Cartesian surveyed US consumers about the sharing of passwords for internet video streaming services.

Women’s Website Blames Facebook Quizzes for SIM Swaps

A lousy journalist pieced together half-truths about social media and privacy in the hope of sustaining the UK's SIM swap panic.

Review of RAG Bahrain; Ends Meet Beginnings

Batelco welcomed operators from around the region to the first Risk & Assurance Group conference held in the Middle East.

Tech Will Not Solve Telco Problems

Telcos already have the assets needed to improve profitability, without developing technology. What we lack is the confidence to use those assets, and to manage the risks.

Is There a Rising Problem with Allocated but Unused Number Ranges?

Biaas argues fraudsters exploit destinations on carrier price lists which cannot be used for normal international termination.

China Keeps Extraditing Telecoms Fraudsters

The People's Republic of China extradited scammers from Bangladesh, Cambodia and the Philippines during 2018. Tensions with Taiwan stopped them from extraditing more.

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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