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Meng Chow Kang
Meng-Chow is a practicing information security professional with more than 25 years of international field experience spanning from technical to management in various security and risk management roles in the Singapore government, major multi-nationals financial institutions, and security and technology providers. Meng-Chow is also an Adjunct Associate Processor with Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. Meng-Chow has a MSc in Information Security, and a PhD in InfoSec Risk Management.
Biography
Meng-Chow has been a practicing information security professional for more than 25 years with field experience spanning from technical to management in the various information security and risk management roles, including the Singapore government, major multi-nationals financial institutions, and global security and technology providers. His research and part of his experience in the field have been published in his book, “Responsive Security – Be ready to be secure”, by CRC Press in Oct 2013. His contributions to the information security industry and community have also been marked by numerous industry awards.As Head of Security Assurance in AWS Asia Pacific region, Meng-Chow works with customers and policy makers to identify and address respective concerns and needs in cloud computing security assurance.
Meng-Chow has been active in the information security community, and was elected as a Director of the (ISC)2 Board effective Jan 2015, and recipient of the (ISC)2 James Wade Service Award in 2014.
Meng-Chow has also been contributing to both local and international security standardization efforts since 1998, in which he has held several committee and working group chair and editorial positions in the Singapore national standards body, ITU-T SG17, and ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 27. Meng-Chow is also co-Chair of the Asia Regional Information Security Exchange (RAISE) Forum, which he co-founded with a group of security experts in 2004. Besides contributing to the industry and community, Meng-Chow continues to conduct research and teach information security as an Associate Professor (Adjunct) with the School of Computer Science & Engineering at Nanyang Technology University, Singapore.
Meng-Chow received his MSc degree in Information Security from the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, and completed his PhD in Information Security Risk Management at the Southern Cross University, Australia. He has also been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 1998.
Education
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MSc, Information Security, Royal Holloway, University of London
PhD, Information Security Risk Management, Southern Cross University, Australia
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Information Security Risk Management
Information Security Assurance
Cybersecurity
Personal Interests
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Reading, Writing, Listening to music, Jogging, Walking
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