RAG audiences are so engaged that speakers rarely have enough time to answer all the questions they receive whilst on stage. Here we have compiled the answers that speakers have kindly given after the event.
Who is the data owner? What if the Telco wants to remove their data? The consortium owns the data. The ability will exist for numbers to be added and removed. How many contributors make critical mass? We now have over 20 Telcos seeking to participate in the pilot. This is … [more]
Will it really be free? Yes, consortium members who contribute to the ledger will be able to access the global ledger at no cost. Those participating members who are only accessing the ledger and not contributing will need to subscribe to the ledger data. How many participants constitute critical mass? … [more]
How do you make money from a honeypot? The honeypot isn’t necessarily designed to be a revenue generator by itself, but to instead contribute to the overall threat matrix that Subex is constantly constructing from each of the honeypots and live deployments globally. How do you measure roi for these … [more]
Do you believe that risk without responsibility should already be considered an issue? Yes, there’s a level of risk in every endeavor people take, from taking a shower – understanding there is a possibility you could slip – to something more complicated, like going to the moon. How you recognize, … [more]
How did you gain control of areas reluctant to get you involved? Providing RA assessment and business case to solve for complex problems. Buy-in from key stakeholders and partners is a must before solutioning. RA team’s proven record for strong analytics and recommending solid mitigation strategies. RA team’s constitution. Team … [more]
How important is it to bring in outside knowledge? This depends. I prefer to promote from within but if we’re implementing a new paradigm it always a good idea to bring in a consultant who has done it before. Is assurance or technical skill more important when recruiting? This has … [more]
If the CFO asked for a ‘quick win’ to boost the quarterly numbers, what would each member of the panel do? I think that many of us have RA initiatives that we don’t have enough resources to complete. So if the CFO asked for a quick win, I would pull … [more]
Is it possible for multiple people from one operator respond (there may be multiple RA teams)? Generally, we expect a single response from an operator. In cases where there are multiple RA teams, we may be able to average the responses received from an operator. How will this Risk map … [more]
Is the problem that fraud managers are too risk averse to sell their services? No, in my experience, Fraud Managers are confident about their capabilities but fraud management services are not core business and the revenue stream is often not sufficient to interest their own telco management. However, I can … [more]
Is there much incentive to deal with wangiri unless the regulator notices it? Yes, but the incentive is related to the scale of wangiri – even without official involvement, if significant numbers of your customers are affected it has multiple consequences, e.g. Increased resources required to deal with complaints to … [more]