Risk, Fraud & Security
Any B2B Software is only as Good as Its Users
Working in Product Management for a software is/was the best job I could have ever had, and Thanks to Subex for the tremendous opportunity...
You may know the risks and impacts, but are you prepared?
My personal career transition from revenue assurance function (focused on telecoms) to that of enterprise risk management and eGRC software application has opened a...
Another Story of Waste from the US Lifeline Program
Straightforward investigative journalism reveals the abuse of the Lifeline program.
Over USD600k Stolen From Revenue Assurance Firm
Is everyone competent to do a reconciliation? Is everyone competent to implement controls that detect internal fraud, accounting mismatches and the like? ...
Phone Companies Accused of Defrauding US Government
Government waste is a hot-button issue in US politics. Bill O'Reilly, the popular right-wing TV pundit, recently covered accusations that 'private phone companies'...
Orange UK Issues Bill 500 Times More Than Normal; fights customer for payment
Alan and Carolyn Mazkouri run a small business. For 15 years they were loyal customers of Orange UK, who provided them with 10...
Rethinking the Risk of USB Sticks
In an excellent interview for Black Swan, Mark Johnson convincingly argued that cybersecurity and business assurance are converging. Towards the end of the...
Map of the Internet’s ‘Bad Neighbourhoods’
What are the 'bad neighbourhoods' of the internet? They are the networks where malicious sources of malware and spam are most often found....
Obscure Data, Mysterious Calculations, Real Risks
Rules of thumb, if used appropriately, can be powerful tools for reminding and educating people about risk. Consider Murphy's Law, which says "anything...
Underestimating the Internet of Things
The 'internet of things' is what we get when we let machines talk to each other. Hoorah! Yippee! Our industry becomes ecstatic at the...
Million-User Android Botnet Found in China
Xinhua has reported the discovery of a trojan that has infected over one million Android smartphones in China. For an English translation of the...
Core Risks for Telcos
Dan Baker recently asked a good question about telecoms risk management:Thanks for this . It’s a very fine explanation for a layman like myself....
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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