Dr. Ekaterina Safonova is an Associate Professor with 20 years of experience in technical sciences, research and lecturing, 10+ years of experience in cyber security, combining deep technical expertise with vital business and leadership skills.

Her company CS Consulting and Advisory CS Consulting and Advisory supports businesses on cybersecurity and payment fraud-related questions, new anti-fraud products, authentication methods and biometrics as well as digital identity future trends.

Ekaterina is a Board Technical Advisor and investor at Cybertonica and Moteefe, invited professor at EPA, GUS and EWPN Ambassador. She is a co-author of The PAYTECH Book - “The financial arms race - the “game” with no rules” and The LegalTech Book - “Smart home or spy home: cyber threats and security solutions” published by Wiley this year.

She has developed and launched a specialized Cybersecurity course for the payments industry - Fraud and Fraud Prevention that was certified by the CPD Certification Service at EPA.

Dr. Ekaterina Safonova has successfully finished the course on “Business strategy and Fintech” at Said Business School Oxford University and won a prestigious award - Fintech/Payments leader of the year at EWPN in Amsterdam at Money 20/20.

Her strong technical background includes a PhD and 37 Scopus-approved publications, including 7 books.