Hack A Day - Conference speakers

Partner, Cybersecurity and Privacy

PwC Hong Kong
 

Kok Tin Gan is a Partner in PwC’s Cyber Security & Privacy practice with over 17 years of experience. Kok Tin is also the founder of Dark lab, Hack A Day and Hackbot. Kok Tin is currently the Vice Chairman of ITSMf HK Chapter and the member of security committee of Fintech Association of HK.

Kok Tin’s key areas of expertise and experience include Cyber security strategy, framework, IT security framework (ISO27001, NIST, Multi Level Protection), application security (OWASP, OWASP Mobile) and data security (e.g., PCI DSS), secure development life cycle, DevSecOps, Cloud security, IT risk, security / technology architecture and white hat hacking.

Kok Tin has co-authored a number of cyber security and technology risk related guidelines for the Regulators in the Asia Pacific Region.

Kok Tin has led ~300 small to large size of security assessment / transformation engagements and has worked across different continents including, Asia, America, Europe and Africa.

Kok Tin is a TED talk speaker and he also founded a dot.com company during his early days of his career.

Partner, Cybersecurity and Privacy

PwC Hong Kong

Daryl is Partner in PwC’s Cyber Security & Privacy practice and a member of PwC’s DarkLab. Daryl has extensive experience in providing cybersecurity services to clients across different industries in China, Japan, Korea, Australia and the US.

He has worked with world leading technology firms to design innovative and disruptive security solutions to protect users around the world. His key areas of expertise include data privacy, cloud strategy, penetration testing and red teaming, threat modeling and secure architecture review.

Professional certifications

• Amazon Partner Network (APN) Ambassador
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate​
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• AWS Certified Security Specialty​
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)​
• Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)​
• GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT)​

Partner, Cybersecurity and Privacy

PwC Hong Kong

Jenius is a Partner with PwC’s Cybersecurity and Privacy practice specialising in cybersecurity and technology risk advisory services. He has extensive experiences in the domain of cybersecurity across a range of industries, including financial service, utilities, retails, telecommunication, conglomerates, etc.

A professional white hat hacker by training, Jenius’ key area of expertise include the area of cyber threat operations, and is an subject matter expert in the area of offensive security, incident response, threat intelligence and security operations. Jenius has led teams to helped clients deter, contain and recover from cyber attacks in numerous iconic cases in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region.

Jenius is also a regular speaker in industry seminar and conferences. He has a number of professional qualifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA), CREST Certified Simulated Attack Specialist (CCSAS), CREST Certified Infrastructure Tester (CCT INF), Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) and GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN).

General Manager - Innovation and Technology

West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Margod is a veteran on corporate solutions, retail technology and customer engaging digital innovations. In her over 30 years of IT career, she had headed IT as headquarter Vice President and Asia-Pacific Regional Senior Director for MNCs like Procter and Gamble, The Estée Lauder Companies, PVH Corp., Galaxy Entertainment Group and Lane Crawford. She has recently joined the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority as the General Manager of Innovation and Technology, where she spearheads technological advancements across all business units of the Authority. She has been recognised on her focuses on the elevation of organisation productivity, business solutions service levels and business enabling contributions towards an overall sustainable growth and attainment of the WKCDA vision.

Director of Sales Engineering, Asia Pacific and Japan

Barracuda Networks

Mark Lukie is a Director of Sales Engineering for Asia Pacific and Japan at Barracuda Networks. He has more than 20 years of IT industry experience with deep skills in networking, cybersecurity, backup/disaster recovery, public cloud platforms and systems integration. 

Mark has been with Barracuda for more than eleven years and has extensive knowledge on the company’s entire solution portfolio, which include email protection, network and application security, application delivery and data protection solutions. He is a member of the Barracuda Global Cloud Security Team, which focuses on security solutions for public cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform.

Mark’s qualifications include Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer/Administrator (MCSE/MCSA), Certified Novel Administrator (CNA), Barracuda Application Delivery & Security Expert (ADSX) and Barracuda Certified Technician & Expert for NextGen Firewalls.

Senior Cloud Solution Architect

Microsoft Hong Kong

Matthew Wong is Senior Security Cloud Solution Architect in Microsoft with more than 20 years of Cyber Security experience, he has been in Regional Technical Consultant role cover APAC regions.

Matthew worked as pre-sales, product management, customer success roles in several listed security companies and involved in many regional sizable network / security projects.

Matthew holds more than 40 IT certificates from ICS2, Microsoft, AWS, FireEye, Cisco, Juniper, Websense, Bluecoat, Ciphertrust, Packeteer, and Allied Telesis. He holds a Master degree of Philosophy (M. Phil) from Hong Kong Polytechnic University researched on Network QoS/Routing Algorithm with released Journal papers. He also gained his Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Auckland during his 6-year stay in New Zealand.

APAC CISO of a global luxury brand

Maurice is currently APAC CISO of a global luxury brand with more than 20 years of cybersecurity experience across multiple industries such as banking, insurance, and luxury retail. He was awarded one of the Top 30 CSO in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. Maurice holds an Executive MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of British Columbia.

Head of IT Risk and Cybersecurity

Cathay Pacific Group

Naresh offers over 23 years of leadership in Information Technology and Cyber Security. He and has successfully led strategic programs to transform corporate IT and elevate cybersecurity posture. His notable work includes Data centres and cloud transformations, Migration of Legacy apps, Service transitions, IT Automation, IT risk management and leading organisations to comply with various cybersecurity and compliance frameworks including PCI DSS and ISO27001:2022 ISMS.

Naresh works extensively with Data Privacy Officers, Corporate IT auditors, Risk compliance teams and represents his company in various technology, cyber and risk committees. He considers Information Technology with a matured cyber posture a key to success for organisations to have a competitive edge over its peers. Naresh is equipped with a Master’s degree in Management (Finance and Marketing) and has earned various professional and technical certifications like CNE, CLP, PMP, Project Leadership & Risk management, ITIL, CRISC, CISM, CISA and CIPP/E. Outside work he enjoys mentoring U15 & U17 cricket teams for a non-profit club.

Head of Group Cyber Security

Jardine Matheson Limited

Raju is the CISO of the Jardine Matheson Group, a Hong Kong based conglomerate with over 400,000 staff in a range of sectors including motor vehicles and related operations, property investment and development, food retailing, health and beauty, home furnishings, engineering and construction, transport services, restaurants, luxury hotels, financial services, heavy equipment, mining and agribusiness. The Group operates primarily across the Far East, but also has operations in EMEA and The Americas.

The Group’s businesses operate autonomously, and Raju is responsible for guiding their cybersecurity strategies and supporting their operations at a time when many are working through business and technology transformations.

Raju has worked on the leading edge of technology in many industries including Hospitality, Online payments, Banking, Retail, Government and others. Security has been a focus throughout his career due to the need to protect the financial and information assets of the businesses and their VIP customers.

Raju holds a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of London and is a member of the IEEE.

Chief Operating Officer

OneDegree

Rex is the Chief Operating Officer at OneDegree focusing on digital insurance and product development. He also took various roles in global insurers and reinsurers for the past 6 years, His passion lies in understanding and tailoring products to meet the unique needs of partners and clients, combining the best of traditional insurance with the opportunities fintech and cybersecurity offers and helping them thrive. Rex has a foundation in Fintech from HKUST and a BBA in Insurance, Financial, and Actuarial Analysis from CUHK, and he is a certified actuary with the Society of Actuaries. 

CISO

Fusion Bank

Ryan is the CISO of Fusion Bank overseeing technology and cyber risk management of the bank. Prior to that, he was the Executive Director of the IT department managing the IT teams and driving various projects such as building a new public cloud environment for the bank.

Ryan is a passionate and energetic technology leader, and keen to explore new technology as well as the associated risks. With over 15 years of experience, Ryan has worked in consultancy firm, multi-national conglomerate and various financial institutions such as Standard Chartered and Mox Bank on information security management, risk management and technology audit related areas. 

Vice Chairman

HK Television Entertainment Co Ltd (ViuTV) 

Mr. Cheong Shin Keong currently holds the position of Vice Chairman at HK Television Entertainment Company Limited (ViuTV). He also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Bossini International Holdings Limited, where he is a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, and Nomination Committee. Previously, Mr. Cheong held the position of Non-Executive Director at Purapharm Corporation Limited and served as the General Manager and Executive Director at Television Broadcasts Limited from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019.

With over 30 years of experience in top management roles at Television Broadcasts Limited, Mr. Cheong brings extensive expertise in the media, advertising, and marketing industries. He actively contributes to the professional development of marketing in Hong Kong and has played a leading role in various marketing industry bodies. In addition to his significant contributions to the HKMA over the past three decades, he played an active role during the establishment of the Hong Kong branch of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and served as its former Chairman of the Hong Kong Regional Board.

Head of Global Security and Compliance

Amber Group

Yiliang Zhou, CISSP CCSP CISA CDPSE, is the Head of Global Compliance and Security at Amber Group, and the official instructor of International Information System Security Certification Consortium. Mr Zhou is a cybersecurity professional with 15 years of experience and specialises in web3 security, cloud security, and business risk assurance.

Mr Zhou is collaboratively supporting the group to ensure organisational effectiveness and provide strategic advisory on cybersecurity ROI, and lead global influence and brand reputation in cybersecurity while diligently enforcing cyber risk compliance and controls, and is dedicated to maintaining optimal protection for organisations in an ever-evolving threat landscape.

Mr Zhou is dedicated to building the cybersecurity ecosystem globally, responsible for connecting world-class research institutions and consulting firms as Tencent’s trusted service partners. He has participated in drafting multiple International and Chinese information security standards (IEEE, ITU-T, CAICT, etc.).

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), APAC

Check Point

Vivek joined Check Point Software Technologies as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Asia Pacific in 2023, where he acts as a trusted advisor to the world’s top global brands in their cyber transformation to protect their organisations with ever evolving cyber threat landscape. 

He has a strong record in transforming Cyber Security in global financial organisations like Citibank, Bank of Montreal and Singlife with Aviva. 

Prior to joining Check Point Software, he was Group CISO of Singlife with Aviva, where he led the cyber-security transformation, including building best in class cyber talent and a Cyber Fusion Centre with threat intelligence and cyber resilience as the key focus. This won the prestigious Project Management Institute Singapore Chapter 8th Project of the Year (2021-2022) Award.

Senior Director of Solution Engineering

Gigamon Asia Pacific and Japan

Vladimir is Sr. Director of Solution Engineering for Gigamon Asia Pacific and Japan and leads the region’s solution engineering and consulting team.

Prior to joining Gigamon he served as Global Cyber Security Officer for Huawei. He also has held senior technology leadership positions with companies like PricewaterhouseCoopers, Imperva, F5 Networks and Samsung.

Vladimir brings close to 20 years of experiences in the high-tech industry with background in cybersecurity, application delivery, networking, threat intelligence and telecommunications.

Throughout his career, he has pioneered and covered in depth number of technologies such as applications delivery and security, telecommunications networks, cloud security and cyber risk assessment and management.

With a combination of in-depth technical knowledge and proficiency in balancing business objectives & technology solutions, Vladimir is trusted and influential advisor to senior executives and line managers alike. His solutions have helped many multinational organisations and governments to build a resilient, high performing and effective solutions that can scale and adapt to the business needs of the modern enterprise and withstand the latest cyber-attacks and threats.

Vladimir is accomplished author, public speaker and presenter, participating in major industry events such as RSA, Gartner Security Summit, Singapore Cyberweek, International Security Forum and many others. He is fluent in Mandarin and holds MBA from Purdue University.

Principal Field Solutions Architect - Data Science 

Pure Storage

Yifeng Jiang is a Principal Solutions Architect for Data Science at Pure Storage. Yifeng has more than 15 years of experience in the data arena. As a trusted advisor, he has been working with large enterprises, web-scale customers, and partners to build big data and machine learning systems, on premise and in the cloud.

Before joining Pure Storage, Yifeng worked at big data, public cloud, and internet companies as a solution, software, and platform engineer. Yifeng is also the author of the HBase Administration Cookbook.

Yifeng holds two Bachelor degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China: Information Management and Information System degree, and Computer Science and Technology degree.