Courses & Programs Offered

Cape Town Telco Vice: 5-Day Certification Program
16-20 May, 2011
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GRAPA's Telco Vice Certification Training is a 5-day certification and workshop event designed to provide candidates with a new, innovative, and comprehensive approach to the professional practice of combating fraud in telecoms organizations as defined by the proposed GRAPA fraud standards, governance model, methodologies and framework. GRAPA's approach is exploit-library-driven, grounding fraud professionals in real-world risks and exposures.

Telecom Fraud: 1-Day Executive Overview
16 May, 2011
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This high level overview will spell out GRAPA’s global industry standards for telecoms fraud, as well as the KPIs and Governance Model implemented by successful fraud teams around the world. Executives and Managers will learn how to gain real clarity about how frauds can be prevented/detected with confidence and integrity, and ensure they are getting real and significant value from their fraud teams and their investment in the fraud function.

Telco Vice Quick-Start: 3-Day Course
16-18 May, 2011
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The Telco Vice Quickstart is a rapid overview of some of the essential foundational skills and knowledge required by those wanting to call themselves true telecoms fraud professionals, as well as those who eventually want to master more complex and complicated fraud topics at a later date. Attendees will not only learn to apply industry standard methods for the prevention and detection of frauds across the telecom, they will gain detailed knowledge of vulnerabilities in telecoms networks, the SS7/signaling network, theft of service (voice, IP/Data, GPRS/3G), as well as exposures in the billing and BSS environment.

Faculty in Cape Town

Louis Khor

Since joining GRAPA’s executive team in early 2009 as Director of Research to oversee curriculum development, Louis has been the chief architect of GRAPA’s Telco Fraud Certification program.

Rob Mattison

Rob Mattison is a world renowned expert in the telecommunications area, and the President of the Global Revenue Assurance Professionals Association (GRAPA).

Tuition

Standards Based Training

 

The GRAPA Fraud standards provide the basis of the TFA's globally recognized training and certification.

 

These standards are based on the real-world practices of GRAPA members across the globe, and are constantly adapting to keep up with the fast-paced telecoms industry.