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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.

Articles by This Author

RAG Dubai Shows Demand for Face-to-Face Conferences

A majority of telecoms risk professionals are now impatient to meet so they can work together on common problems.

Heavy Hitters Lead the Agenda for RAG New Orleans

A strong line-up of risk and assurance speakers will come together at the University of New Orleans on April 5 and 6. Employees of comms providers and internet platforms may attend for free.

Why Ireland’s New Nuisance Communications Industry Taskforce Should Have Included Fraud Managers

You need engineers to win a war, but you also need generals with the experience and determination to take the fight to your enemies.

Chinese Video Uses Comedy and History to Raise Awareness of Phone Fraud

A classic of Chinese literature was reimagined as a warning not to trust phone calls from strangers.

Why Are US Child Abuse Stats Used In a UK Government Campaign Against E2E Comms Encryption?

Serious policy goals like child protection deserve a serious commitment to objective facts.

Indian Activist Challenges Police Use of Facial Recognition

The police in Hyderabad want to connect 440,000 CCTV cameras to their facial recognition system.

What Legendary Quarterback Tom Brady Taught Us about Risk Management

The winner of seven Super Bowls had a philosophy for playing the game that can also be applied to our work.

Wangiri News from Iran, Kazakhstan, Norway, Poland and Turkey

Our new round-up includes a telco that failed to block a large wangiri attack despite implementing an anti-wangiri blocking system.

Second Israeli Spyware Business Exploited iPhone Zero-Click Vulnerabilities

QuaDream independently developed methods to install spyware using the same FORCEDENTRY vulnerability as NSO Group.

Indian Scam Call Centers Targeted by US Prosecutors

Six call centers are accused of generating 'tens of millions of scam calls'.

Why RAG Conferences Will Not Be Televised

Video networking cannot replicate in-person conferences. The Risk & Assurance Group will maintain two distinct forms of engagement: physical meetings like RAG Dubai and new seasons of RAG TV.

Commsrisk Top Ten for January 2022

The top news story in January was about one telco's success in protecting customers from crime.

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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