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

Alexander Eristavi, UK National Fraud Intelligence Bureau

Alexander Eristavi works for the UK's National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), which is a part of the City of London Police. In August 2018...

Katherine Butterworth, Rogers Communications

Katherine Butterworth is employed by Rogers Communications, where she is the Senior Manager in their Fraud Management function. Katherine has been with Rogers...

Vodafone Group Buys Riskonnect ERM Tool

A big telco group bought software that works anywhere in the whole wide world! (But did not reveal what it does.)

Clint Breithaupt, Sprint

Clint Breithaupt is the Fraud Manager of Sprint's Criminal Analytics Team. He is also the corporate represenatative for Sprint in criminal prosecutions and...

Why I Hate Heat Maps

You know why heat maps are a bad way to discuss and prioritize risks. But like cigarettes, it takes willpower to kick the habit.

Hackable Light Bulbs Show Why the IoT Is Flawed

A hacker exploiting the security flaws in Osram's networked bulbs could do a lot more harm than just switching off the lights.

Francis Afful, MTN Ghana

Francis Afful works for MTN Ghana, where he is their Senior Manager for Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management. He has a broad understanding...

David Rogers MBE, GSMA Fraud and Security Group

David Rogers is a mobile phone and IoT security expert who runs Copper Horse Ltd, a software and security firm based in the UK. They...

Clodagh Durkan, CISO and Security Governance Expert

Clodagh Durkan is a well travelled leader and expert in the fields of security governance, data protection, cryptography and perimeter threat detection. She...

Ulrich Heister, Deutsche Telekom

Ulrich is the Vice President of Fraud Management at Deutsche Telekom. He has worked for Deutsche Telekom Group since the 90's, serving in...

Commsrisk Top Ten for July 2016

Did you miss the big stories read by your peers? These were the ten most popular Commsrisk posts during July.

Subex CEO Gives TV Interview

Surjeet Singh spoke about Subex's debt restructuring, the resizing of their cost base and the focus for future marketing.

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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