Commsrisk Top Ten for July 2023

Which were the big stories that grabbed the attention of your peers during July? These were the ten most popular Commsrisk articles of last month, as measured by unique pageviews.

  1. Ireland Rejects STIR/SHAKEN; Regulator Proposes Comprehensive Anti-Scam Plan
  2. Anti-fraud Vendor Asks If Some Anti-fraud Systems Are a ‘Smokescreen’ for Profits from Unlawful Traffic
  3. i3forum Bids to Unite Carriers and Resolve the Global Spoofing Crisis
  4. Have EU Activists Smashed the US Anti-Spam Strategy? BICS, Proximus and Telesign Cited in Privacy Complaint
  5. 250 Simboxes Seized by Ukraine Raids on Bot Farms
  6. YouTuber Gets Inside Smishing and Social Engineering
  7. French Telcos Are Breaking the Law Today, and STIR/SHAKEN Is to Blame
  8. Is Enough Being Done to Counter the Privacy and Spam Threat Created by Global Title Leasing?
  9. 25 Years of RAFM: Talking to Vinod Kumar about Subex, Comms, Data, Indian Leadership and the Future
  10. Why Commsrisk Must Become More Political
Eric Priezkalns
Eric Priezkalns
Eric is the Editor of Commsrisk. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.

Eric is also the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG), a global association of professionals working in risk management and business assurance for communications providers.

Previously Eric was Director of Risk Management for Qatar Telecom and he has worked with Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky, Worldcom and other telcos. He was lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press. He is a qualified chartered accountant, with degrees in information systems, and in mathematics and philosophy.