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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.

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Sneaky Change Allows UK Spies to Legally Hack

A legal complaint by Privacy International and seven comms providers may have been derailed by a little-discussed change to the Computer Misuse Act, making it lawful for spies to hack.

Revector: New Phone Program Fights Fraud

British vendor Revector is known for bypass detection, but talking with their boss and developers reveals a firm that innovates technologically whilst maintaining robust values.

Risk Leadership Report: 7 Key Takeaways

Tomorrow's Company have issued an excellent report describing what non-financial businesses need from their risk leaders. Here are 7 conclusions that you should know about.

A Summary of That 10-Hour Rand Paul Speech on Bulk Phone Record Collection

US Senator Rand Paul retained the floor of the Senate for 10 hours and 31 minutes whilst voicing his objections to bulk collection of phone CDRs by the NSA. These were the highlights.

EI Telecom Buys Xintec IRSF Solution

The Irish RA and FMS vendor has added France's largest MVNO to a customer list focused on smaller telcos.

Academics Slam Insecure Smart Meter Comms

University researchers have criticized the cryptography in ETSI's Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP). They explain how hackers would break its privacy and authenticity.

Subex FY15 Results: An Upward Grind

The audited figures for Subex, the Indian assurance vendor, show modest improvement. Turnover, EBITDA and profits are all up, though Subex is weighed down by finance costs.

BT and Hadoop

In this video, Phillip Radley, BT's Chief Data Architect, gives a short talk explaining how BT used Hadoop to gain a 15-fold increase in the velocity of processing customer data.

EU Single Digital Market Strategy is Vague

The final version of the EU's Single Digital Market Strategy says less about how it will reform Europe's communications market than the previously leaked draft.

Virus Sent to 123-reg Domain Name Customers

Customers of 123-reg, the UK's largest web domain name registrar, have received phoney emails with a malware-laden 'invoice' attached.

Swimming with Sharks: Stratecast Margin Assurance ‘Deep Dive’

Stratecast seemingly ignored information which contradicts their recent assertions about margin assurance.

NSA Mass CDR Collection Was Not Authorized

The US government was defeated when an appeal court ruled the NSA did not have the authority to collect CDRs en masse.
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