As a prominent leader, educator, researcher and volunteer, Dr Steven Wong has made many impactful and significant contributions to the growth of the cybersecurity ecosystem in Singapore. His limitless passion, enthusiasm and innovativeness makes him an excellent role model for all cybersecurity professionals in Singapore
Dr Steven Wong was the former President of the Association of Information Security Professionals (AiSP) and under his leadership, the association has launched many significant initiatives to grow the cybersecurity ecosystem in Singapore. Steven also plays a significant role is advancing the cybersecurity standards and practices in Singapore. Notably, he led the establishment and development of CREST Singapore to elevate the standards for penetration testing services in Singapore. He also led a task force to draft and develop the Singapore Cybersecurity Standards Roadmap. Other than AiSP, he also spends his time serving in leadership positions in several other industry committees and bodies. Positions he has held include the Deputy Chairman for the Coordinating Committee for Cybersecurity (CCCY), Co-Chairman of the Cloud Security Alliance APAC Education Council, Co-Chairman of the Council for Registered Ethical Security Testers, Co-Chairman of WG3 of the Telecommunications Standards Advisory Committee, the Chairman of the IEEE Consumer Electronics (Singapore) chapter, etc.
As an educator, Dr Steven Wong is an Associate Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) where he spearheaded the first Information Security degree programme offered by an autonomous university in Singapore as its founding Programming Director. As a teacher, Steven is passionate about educating the next generation and has been given many teaching awards over his last two decades in academia. Most recently, he was also awarded the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) in the National Day Awards 2020 for his contributions to the University.