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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

Auditors Ditch Lycamobile… or Vice Versa?

KPMG says they had long announced their intention to resign the troubled audit of Lycamobile, but the telco's CFO said he terminated their contract first.

The Argument for National Regulatory Telco Testing

Regulators should procure the systems needed to test telcos instead of telling telcos to test themselves.

Disclosing Exploits Will Protect Online Trade

The PATCH Act would be a step towards the US government protecting the safe transit of goods and services in cyberspace like it protects them on the high seas.

Three Good Ways (and a Bad Way) to Use Test Calls

At the SIGOS Düsseldorf conference I will argue telcos rarely maximize the value of test calls for checking bills, discouraging wider implementation of a useful control.

Welcome the WannaCry Global Cyberattack

On Thursday, I argued fear should be used to motivate increased investment in all kinds of risk and assurance. On Friday, WannaCry illustrated why.

Changing the Motivation for Managing Risk and Assurance

Psychology and stock market data suggest arguments for more investment in risk management and business assurance.

BT Signs New 5-year Framework Deal with Subex

Subex provides BT with software for interconnect billing and revenue assurance.

Leaked Regulation Shows UK Gov Will Force Telcos to Decrypt Comms for Real-Time Surveillance

The new regulation will require comms providers to create backdoors for encryption.

Neural Technologies Hires New CFO from Oracle

The fraud specialists continue to strengthen their team.

Vodafone UK CEO Almost Talks About Billing Errors

In an interview with the Daily Mail, the new boss of Vodafone UK talks about dealing with the symptoms of a problem but not its root cause.

Commsrisk Top Ten for April 2017

A wide variety of stories grabbed the attention of Commsrisk readers during April. Here are the ten most popular articles for the past month.

Former RA Manager Made CFO of Vodafone Fiji

Vodafone Fiji may not be the biggest telco in the world, but we should welcome the progress being made by RA professionals everywhere.

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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