Alina Bekkerman is a Manager in the Financial Services Risk Technology practice of EY, focusing on Financial Crimes and Fraud Technology. She has almost a decade of experience in the risk mitigation space, with a strong emphasis on fraud prevention and investigations, threat intelligence and cyber enabled fraud. Her main focus is on the implementation, identification, and understanding of the various tactics, techniques and procedures of cyber criminals in order to detect vulnerabilities earlier in the fraud kill chain. Prior to joining EY, Alina was a lead analyst in Citi’s Cyber Fraud Fusion Center, where she concentrated her efforts on open source intelligence and deep and dark web research. Alina developed intelligence products that provided insight and context around cyber and fraud events, and the potential exposure of Citi thereto. Previous to that, Alina was a consultant with PwC’s Financial Crimes Unit where she worked with major banks, financial institutions and insurance companies to develop and optimize their financial crimes prevention, detection and investigations processes and controls. Alina also held a role at E*TRADE Financial as a Fraud Operations Analyst, where she conducted tactical and operational account level reviews to identify fraudulent activity. Alina graduated Rutgers University with a BA in Criminal Justice and Political Science. She is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a native speaker of both English and Russian.Resume available upon request.