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

Commsrisk Top Ten for May 2023

Last month saw a consistently strong readership for every new article. These were the 10 posts that received most attention.

Robocalls and Call Authentication: Commsrisk Show Episode 12

Three of the world's leading experts offered contrasting explanations of how to reduce unwanted and illegal robocalls.

Will the Big New US Robocall Lawsuit Change Anything?

The legal complaint against Avid Telecom has 41 pages of alleged violations and penalties to be paid. But what matters is whether there will be any actual punishment after the trial is over.

ENISA Publishes 5G Security Controls Matrix

This inventory of 5G cybersecurity objectives and mitigations is cross-referenced to a wide variety of technical and non-technical security and risk standards from around the world.

Arguments in Brazil about STIR/SHAKEN

An association of telcos is challenging the regulator's desire to give responsibility for administering call authentication to telemarketing businesses.

Will AI-Powered Spam Filters Be Forced on Indian Telcos?

TRAI Chairman P. D. Vaghela asked telcos to explore the potential use of artificial intelligence to identify spam.

Nation State Hacking, Pre-Installed Malware, Prison for Spoofer and Job Cuts: Commsrisk Show Episode 11

Patrick Donegan of Hardenstance spoke with us about the attacks on comms providers that come from nation states and their proxies.

Free Guide for Telco KYC

Numeracle's "Model Standards for Know Your Customer" is available as a PDF from the FCC, or in Word format from Numeracle's own site.

French President Macron Promises National Scam Block for SMS and Email

The pledge to implement a filter of malicious links was stated on Emmanuel Macron's official LinkedIn account.

13 Years in Prison for Head of London Phone Spoofing Fraud Outfit

Tejay Fletcher ran a crime service that earned USD100,000 per week by making it easy for scammers to spoof numbers used by banks.

Artificially Inflated Traffic from Bots Makes Spotify Remove Thousands of AI-Generated Songs

Spotify removed about 7% of all songs uploaded from Boomy, a platform that uses automation to create new songs 'in seconds'.

Karsten Nohl on Cloud Hacking, Central Bank Ends SMS 2FA and Macron’s Filter: Commsrisk Show Episode 10

The world-famous security researcher explained how he hacked a telco's cloud servers and the harm that could be done by bad actors.
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