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integrity Home Video Livestream Window and Audience Interaction Episodes Season 1: Mar-Jun 2023 15 Mar: Corruption 22 Mar: War in Ukraine 29 Mar: IoT Security 5 Apr: Data for Policing 12 Apr: When Telcos Become Banks 19 Apr: Securing 5G 26 Apr: SMS Pumping 3 May: Advanced Fraud Prevention 10 May: eSIM Risks 17 May: Cloud Security 24 May: Nation State Threats 31 May: Robocalls and Call Authentication 7 Jun: What Is an Identity? Season 2: Aug-Nov 2023 23 Aug: The Big Catch-up 30 Aug: Global Call Validation 6 Sep: Signaling Firewalls 13 Sep: Unwanted Calls 20 Sep: Quantum Computing 27 Sep: Adversity, Inspiration and Data 4 Oct: Turning Bank ID into Caller ID 11 Oct: Denial of Service 18 Oct: Refiling Fraud 25 Oct: Analytics 1 Nov: Season Finale Commsrisk Main Site Presenters Eric Priezkalns Edward Finegold Lee Scargall Audio Podcast on Spotify on Apple Podcasts The Communications Risk Show is a live discussion program, produced by Commsrisk in collaboration with the Risk & Assurance Group. Each season is dedicated to a round of conversations about the latest news and issues with experts from around the global communications sector. The show is freely available to watch on this website, via Twitch and via LinkedIn, with no need to register. Recordings are uploaded to the archive on this site soon after each show has finished. Rewatch the Finale of our Second Season Replay Every Episode from our Second Season 1 November 2023: The Finale The second season of The Communications Risk Show concludes with a special show reviewing the big themes covered during the series and offering predictions for the future. Is privacy dead? Will artificial inflation of traffic swamp networks? Can the comms ... click here to continue 25 October 2023: Getting the Most from Analytics How much could comms providers increase their profits if they made better use of analytics? Is there a conflict between the apparent certainty of mining data and the inherent uncertainty of managing risk? These questions are addressed by Mike Willett, ... click here to continue 18 October 2023: Refiling Fraud Refiling has become a scourge on the telecoms industry, effectively serving as a tax paid by honest telcos to crooks, before it is passed on to consumers through higher charges overall. However, governments and law enforcement agencies pay no attention ... click here to continue 11 October 2023: The Wider Threat Posed by Denial of Service Attacks How severe are the risks to the rest of society when hackers are determined to take networks down? Access to mobile networks and the internet has been a game-changer that has improved the lives of billions of people worldwide but ... click here to continue 4 October 2023: Turning Bank ID into Caller ID The global banking system may have already solved the problem of spoofed phone calls and online identities; the solution just needs to be explained to telco regulators and internet engineers. The story begins in the aftermath of the banking crisis ... click here to continue 27 September 2023: Adversity, Inspiration and Data Divya Shridhar, an independent consultant who was formerly a rapidly-rising analytics and assurance manager with BT and Tech Mahindra, gives an interview about how to impress executives with insights gleaned from data, the ways she has overcome adversity in her ... click here to continue 20 September 2023: Quantum Computing Is Already a Threat Quantum computers are difficult to build today, but their radically different design means they can rapidly crack encryption codes that would defeat any other computer. Many encryption algorithms that currently protect the privacy of electronic comms and banking transactions will ... click here to continue 13 September 2023: The Country with the Most Unwanted Calls Brazilians receive more unwanted calls than any other nationality. We discuss the reasons why with representatives of the Brazilian comms regulator, Anatel, before examining their radical plan to restore confidence in telemarketing calls. Topical news items are also debated by ... click here to continue 6 September 2023: Why Signaling Firewalls Go Wrong It is highly recommended that every network operator protects their security by having a signaling firewall, but some still suffer from lots of gaps in their defences. We discuss the reasons why comms providers fail to get comprehensive protection from ... click here to continue 30 August 2023: Global Cooperation for Call Validation Consumers in some countries are inundated with scam and spam calls from overseas, many of which are spoofed to appear domestic in origin. The lack of integrity surrounding the apparent A-number of a call also means carriers get hit with ... click here to continue 23 August 2023: The Big Catch-up The first episode in the second series of The Communications Risk Show begins with a review of dramatic news stories that affected the communications industry during the break between seasons. And there has been a lot of drama! The topics ... click here to continue Replay Every Episode from our First Season Season 1 7 June 2023: What Is an Identity? Season 1 31 May 2023: Robocalls and Call Authentication Season 1 24 May 2023: Nation State Threats Season 1 17 May 2023: Security and the Cloud Season 1 10 May 2023: Risks Created by eSIMs Season 1 3 May 2023: Advanced Fraud Prevention Season 1 26 April 2023: SMS Pumping Fraud Season 1 19 April 2023: Securing 5G Season 1 12 April 2023: When Telcos Become Banks Season 1 5 April 2023: Data for Policing Season 1 29 March 2023: Security for Networked Devices Season 1 22 March 2023: War in Ukraine Season 1 15 March 2023: Corruption and Its Victims Search for: ‘Fact of the Week’ Sponsors ‘The World in Your Phone’ Sponsors The Presenters Eric Priezkalns Eric Priezkalns is the Editor of Commsrisk and Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG). Eric was originally appointed to RAG’s Steering Committee in 2013 and then led the drive to incorporate RAG and expand its reach worldwide. Expanding the global audience for ... click here to continue Edward Finegold Ed Finegold is an author and analyst focused on technology and the communications sector. In addition to being a well-known business writer, Ed is a respected researcher, strategist and advisor to tech companies. Ed has a deep understanding of the transformation of mobile, cable and ... click here to continue Lee Scargall Lee Scargall is a senior risk executive with wide-ranging experience of working with comms providers around the world. He currently manages risk on behalf of Batelco, Bahrain’s leading operator, having previously been employed by Ooredoo Group, Cable & Wireless and T-Mobile UK. His list of ... click here to continue Some of Our Previous Guests Karsten Nohl Dr. Karsten Nohl is a famous ‘white hat’ hacker of various telecoms and tech systems. His main areas of research ... click here to continue Donald Reinhart Donald Reinhart is the Chief Executive Officer of LATRO, providers of revenue assurance and fraud management (RAFM) systems to communications ... click here to continue © Commsrisk and the Risk & Assurance Group Manage Cookie Consent Cookies are used to measure the number of visitors to this site and enable the streaming and playing of audio-visual content hosted by other websites. Not consenting to the use of some of these cookies may prevent content from being seen and heard as intended. Functional Functional Always active The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. 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