Romano Ramanti is a cybersecurity and fraud prevention specialist with more than 20 years of experience in banking and electronic financial services. He has been with Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) since 2001, where he has developed extensive expertise in electronic banking security, fraud detection and cyber threat prevention.
In 2011, Romano became a Certified Ethical Hacker through EC-Council. In 2016, he established the E-Channel Security function at ZKB, focusing on protecting digital banking channels from evolving cyber threats.
His areas of expertise include fraud detection and prevention, threat hunting, malware analysis, threat actor monitoring, darknet analysis, vulnerability research and social engineering. He is also involved in the development and implementation of fraud detection solutions and works on improving the balance between effective fraud prevention and minimizing false alerts.
Romano is actively involved in the wider payments security community and represents Switzerland in the European Payments Council’s Payment Scheme Fraud Prevention Working Group. He also contributes to initiatives aimed at increasing customer awareness of cybercrime and social engineering.
His combination of hands-on cybersecurity expertise, banking experience and practical knowledge of fraud prevention gives him a strong perspective on the evolving risks facing digital banking and payment systems.
