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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

Slack Supplier Exposes Verizon Customer Records

Nice Systems insecurely configured an Amazon cloud server used to hold data about calls made to Verizon's contact center.

Would You Pay $250 to Intercept Somebody’s Calls?

SS7 has security issues, but perhaps they have been over-publicized.

MTN Nigeria Embroiled in Row after 11 Arrested for Fraud

One of the people arrested blamed engineers at MTN headquarters for taking advantage of weak IT security.

4 Reasons Why Telco Sharing of Ad Data Would Be Madness

Execs would be foolish to disregard downside risks whilst overstating the extent they can monetize data.

London Meeting: 23 Nov 2017

Our final London meeting of the year is scheduled for Thursday 23rd November, and will be held from 10.30am to 5.30pm at our regular...

Why We Must Learn from Africans

Kenyan consultant Joseph Nderitu has been appointed RAG African Agenda Coordinator. This signals a change in who should lead the global development of risk and assurance practices.

Johannesburg Conference: 4-5 Sep 2017

RAG travels to Africa for the first time, thanks to MTN Group. They will host our September conference at their impressive facilities in...

10th Successive Quarter of Record Vodafone UK Complaints

It might take another two and a half years before Vodafone's bill complaints reduce to the level of other UK telcos.

Commsrisk Top Ten for June 2017

Which stories grabbed the attention of your peers? Here is a rundown of the most popular Commsrisk articles during June.

3 Takeaways from PwC ‘Risk in Review’ Study

PwC's report shows how little ambition telcos have, compared to the integrated way that other big businesses manage risk.

Using Blockchains to Prevent Fraud

The distributed nature of blockchains means they are suited to combatting security and fraud risks on a distributed network.

Smartphone Crowdsourcing Hints at Future of Regulation

British users installed apps which collect and send data to the regulator, creating a new form of performance monitoring.

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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