Alessandro Ricciardi

Alessandro Ricciardi is Head of Crypto & Terminals Management Security at Nexi Group, based in Milan, a position he has held since January 2024. In this role, he is responsible for Group ATM/Kiosk and POS Security Posture Governance, Cryptography and Key Management, and POS Products for the Nordics Area, covering Denmark and Norway.

Ricciardi has been with Nexi since October 2018, when he joined as head of security testing for the ATM self-service unit. In that capacity, he covered ATM security and service quality, solution architecture, Threat Management, Physical and Logical Security, ATM compliance including PCI, BCE and BdI regulations, and Business Continuity Management. He also supported ISO 22301, ISO 9001, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and PCI PIN certifications, and oversaw Test Factory and Test Automation processes within the service release management cycle. Prior to that, from November 2017 to September 2018, he served as head of the IT ATM office, managing ATM client software vendors covering application and XFS layers, the ATM terminal management system, budget oversight, and the full service lifecycle including SLA monitoring.