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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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New i3forum-RAG Survey Focuses on International Wholesale Fraud

Help the Risk & Assurance Group and i3forum set the priorities when lobbying for better fraud management worldwide.

Sydney Conference: 19-20 October 2022

We return to Australia and the beating heart of Sydney's downtown district for a conference that will bring together experts from around the Asia-Pacific region. Employees of comms providers and digital service providers can register for their free seats now

Widespread Reporting of Flubot ‘Takedown’ Shows How Little We Really Know

It is a mistake to conflate malware with the computers that were used to command that malware.

New GVG National Revenue Assurance Tracking System Launched in Zimbabwe

Global Voice Group dominates traffic monitoring in Africa, but Zimbabwe's curbs on mobile money will interfere with their roadmap.

Ex-MI6 Spy Chief Says His Emails Were Hacked; Warns Against Simplistic Interpretation of Russia’s Methods

Russian disinformation portrayed Richard Dearlove as a leader of a pro-Brexit group that has overthrown the UK government.

Probe into BT Investor Reveals More about Government than Security

Patrick Drahi, billionaire owner of Altice, will know national security can be a euphemism for safeguarding government investments.

Calls with STIR/SHAKEN C-Attestation Now 5 Times More Likely to Be Robocalls than Unsigned Calls

The centerpiece for the US strategy to reduce robocalls has been corrupted to a mind-blowing extent.

China Joins Russia in Preparing to Shoot Down US Comms Satellites

Chinese researchers say Starlink satellites could be used to ram China's spare hardware, but what they really fear is free speech.

Commsrisk Top Ten for May 2022

Two articles about voluntary collaboration between risk professionals pierced through the gloom created by many more stories about the public sector corrupting telecoms and tech.

Disappointing Annual Results for Subex

CEO Vinod Kumar emphasizes the new products developed by his company but it remains too dependent on a stagnant RAFM market.

What the Theft of the Verizon Employee Database Tells Us about Security Threats

The telco played down the importance of the breach whilst the hacker mocked 'idiot' employees for believing he was from PC support.

Court Slams Data Protection Commission for Siding Against Worker Unlawfully Spied Upon by CCTV

The Irish Data Protection Commission has spent over 6 years fighting legal battles to deny the privacy rights of a hospice worker.
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