AI, Data & Analytics
Regulating Data and Cloud by Takeover
Some of the grand claims made for South Africa's draft National Policy on Data and the Cloud make little sense in a world where data easily crosses borders.
Do You Want to Know When Your Phone Numbers Are Being Abused?
Telcos connecting to the RAG Wangiri Blockchain can now be notified when their numbers are used for fraudulent calls to other networks.
Extensive Survey Shows 1 in 10 Europeans Lost Money Due to Unsolicited Calls
Over 10 percent of EU citizens were also cheated of money through unsolicited text messages.
I Did Not Die Last Week, So Now I Promise to Do Much Worse
A medical emergency teaches a lesson about priorities and why facts matter more than what we want to believe.
Never Use Spam and a Hollywood Actress to Sell Data Integrity Blockchains
Beware the CEO of Spozom offering blockchain-powered goodness to your social media followers.
Six Takeaways from the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2021
Never mind somebody else's fact-free opinions about data security, because here is the leading source of data about data security.
Do Data Breaches Hurt Share Prices?
An analysis of stock market data by Comparitech shows there is no simple equation for reputation damage, but telecoms has more to lose than other sectors.
Subex Rated 15th Best Indian Firm for Data Scientists
The Indian RAFM, security and analytics vendor scored highly because their data science team had seen rapid growth whilst maintaining low rates of absenteeism.
A Clearing House for CLI Validation
Instead of persuading every telco in every country to adopt a common standard for CLI validation, should we simply rely on an intermediary that makes multiple standards work together?
Academics Recommend Mix of Machine Learning and Premium Rate Number Monitoring to Detect IRSF
Researchers Merve Sahin and Aurélien Francillon claimed their method detected 98% of IRSF calls with 0.28% false positives.
Are SIM Swaps Rising? Freedom of Information Disclosure Shows UK Police Figures Are Unreliable
UK newspapers said SIM swaps were up 400% since 2015. Dig into police data and you realize how little truth supports that claim.
RAG and GSMA FASG Top Poll of Respected RAFM Collaborations; GRAPA and CFCA at Bottom
Our poll asked respondents to rate 12 organizations and programs using a 5-star scale.
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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