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Commsrisk Top Ten for November 2021

By Eric Priezkalns 3 Dec 2021

There was a clear winner at the top of the audience charts for November, with a piece summarizing the results of the Risk & Assurance Group’s survey of revenue assurance, fraud management and cybersecurity generating twice as much interest as any other Commsrisk article. That is hardly surprising when the survey estimated communications providers and their customers are losing USD149bn annually as a consequence of addressable operating leakage.

These were the ten most popular Commsrisk articles during November, as ranked by unique page views.

  1. Security, Fraud and RA Losses Worth $149bn in 2021 per Survey of Comms Providers
  2. Orange CEO Resigns Following Fraud Conviction
  3. Now You Can Buy Bots That Steal SMS OTPs
  4. Australia Considers New Rules to Prevent SIM Swaps
  5. The ‘Amazing’ Correlation that Reveals the Flaw in US Robocalling Rules
  6. Assurance Careers: Jack of All Trades, Master of None?
  7. FBI Guide to Mobile Network CDRs Leaked Online
  8. Cloned Voice of Company Director Used for $35mn Bank Theft, Says UAE Police
  9. GSMA Mobile Money Handbook Shows Prejudice Against Revenue Assurance
  10. Personalized Video Ads by Film Star Highlight Risks and Rewards of Deepfake Tech

About the Author

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.

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