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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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WeDo Sells Praesidium to Sister Company Mainroad

WeDo, vendors of business assurance software, have sold their Praesidium consulting unit to Mainroad, providers of managed IT and various continuity and security-related services....

Using Big Data: New report from TRI

Dan Baker of the Technology Research Institute (TRI) and Black Swan has published a comprehensive new report into Telecom Analytics and Big Data Solutions....

WeDo Enjoy 12% Growth

WeDo, the Portuguese suppliers of business assurance software, have announced their FY13 revenues were EUR61.5mn (USD83mn), up 12% compared to the previous year. ...

GRAPA is (un)dead

GRAPA is on the wane.

Whatsapp Data Puts Facebook Deal in Jeopardy

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has complained to the US Federal Trade Commission about Facebook's proposed purchase of Whatsapp. Their concern is that...

New Risk Management Case Study From MegaFon and Palisade

Take a deep breath, as what I am about to write might shock you. Some software developers who talk about risk management are...

TrendLabs Security Report: Sharp rise in mobile malware since 2012

The annual TrendLabs Security Report, published by Trend Micro, is well worth a read. Here are some interesting insights from their new report:Trend's...

Globetom

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What Do GRAPA Tutors Do, After They Leave GRAPA?

Imagine you worked for the Global Revenue Assurance Professional Association, which claims to be some kind of global and professional revenue assurance association, even...

WeDo Release Upgraded Fraud Management System

Portuguese vendor WeDo has announced the release of RAID:FMS 7, the latest version of their fraud management system. Their press release highlights the...

cVidya Announces Something (no further details provided)

Mobile World Congress is upon us again. Even though I think MWC is rubbish, this is an important time for companies to announce...

Major Upgrade to the Lavastorm Fraud Management System

Lavastorm Analytics, the data analytics firm headquartered in Boston, has announced a number of enhancements to Lavastorm Fraud Manager, its fraud management system. ...

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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