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Risk, Fraud & Security

SOCs, ROCs & NOCs: Unforeseen challenges as security and assurance converge

Does your telco have a SOC? That was the most fundamental question raised during the pre-conference training workshop at the WeDo WWUG14 user...

This Is What Happens When Telcos Treat People Like Machines

The relationship between people and machines has been a recurring theme on talkRA. I discuss the tension between people and machines a lot....

Investing in Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management for Strategic Advantage

Daniel Peter of Mara-Ison Connectiva contributes today's guest post, which revolves around a common challenge for revenue assurance and fraud management: measuring the benefits...

GO Malta Purchases Subex ROC Via Novel Managed Services-to-Licenced Software Deal

Maltese multiplay operator GO is not the largest telco in the world, and they cannot be described as early adopters of Subex's ROC solutions...

London Black Market for Stolen Smartphones Revealed by BBC Undercover Cameras

About 80 mobile phones are stolen in London every day. The IMEIs of many of these phones are blocked when they are reported...

Fast Networks, Fast Money

There is an old English saying: "look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves." If you are careful with even...

WeDo Explains Praesidium Transfer

Last week I reported that Praesidium, formerly the consulting division of WeDo, has been transferred to Mainroad, WeDo's sister company. Admittedly, talkRA dropped...

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....

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...

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...

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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