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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

Widespread DDoS Crimes Not Taken Seriously

A young man walked free from a British court after admitting to 2,000 separate DDoS attacks. This is not the first time a court has neglected the damage done by DDoS.

Commsrisk Top Ten for 2017

Which stories grabbed the imagination last year? Here are the ten articles which received most views in 2017, plus the most popular posts during December.

Officials at Ghana Regulator Charged with Corruption

The former Chairman of the National Communications Authority of Ghana is amongst those accused of misusing money allocated for the purchase of Israeli spyware.

John McAfee Says Phone Was ‘Compromised’

Is this a sign that SIM swappers have started to target VIPs?

5 Trends to Watch in 2018

Risk managers should never engage in wild speculation unless it is the start of the year and their predictions are different to everyone else's.

The Commsrisk Review of 2017

There was plenty of bad news in 2017. However, bad news for everyone else is good news for us, if we have the courage to find new ways to address growing problems and emerging risks.

Telia Lithuania Merges Risk and Security with Customer Ops and Business Transformation

Is this a model for how to integrate risk management or just a way to lower costs?

Assuring the Revenues of Christmas

Assurance never rests, not even on Christmas Day! Neither does Commsrisk, so here is some fluff about Mariah Carey wanting a puppy whilst leaking lots of money.

Risk Management Is the Future of Internal Audit

In his final blog for the IIA, Norman Marks argues it is time to replace audit universes with risk universes.

Top Economist Slams US Telco Prices

A Nobel prizewinner castigates the prices levied by US telcos, but his diagnosis of the causes is contrary to basic facts about the market.

The Plagiarism Goes On

A widely-shared revenue assurance slide pack that infringes copyright was taken off the web, but is now back again.

German Telco Fined €66k for Billing Irish Customers It Did Not Have

Customers were double-billed when Yourtel asked them to switch providers but failed to inform the incumbent operator.

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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