Honorees

IT Security Practitioner
Senior Non-IT Security Professional
Senior IT Security Professional

IT Security Practitioner

Aswami Fadillah Mohd Ariffin, GCFA, CWSP, CEH
Head of Digital Forensics
CyberSecurity Malaysia
MALAYSIA

Aswami, who is a GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA), graduated from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, with a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering. He also holds a Master’s degree in Management from the University of Malaya. He began his career at Sime Darby Berhad, one of the largest conglomerates in Malaysia, and was responsible for overseeing Malaysia’s tallest building, the Petronas Twin Towers; along with the back-up power supply SCADA system project for Mid Valley City, one of the largest shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur.

In 1999, he joined MIMOS Berhad, a government-owned agency for national microelectronics R&D centre. Later, he was entrusted to lead the Digital Forensics Department under National ICT Security & Emergency Response Centre (NISER), now known as CyberSecurity Malaysia.

He specializes in Wireless LAN Security and is a Certified Wireless Security Professional (CWSP). Along with GCFA and CWSP, Aswami is a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and has attended various forensics training sessions.

Saurabh Sarawat, CISSP, ITIL, PRINCE2
Snr Security Analyst
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
AUSTRALIA

Saurabh is a Senior Analyst in Deloitte’s Security & Privacy Services group. Saurabh has eleven years of IT experience working with various multinational companies in sectors like Software, Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical, Banking, Insurance and Financial Services in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining Deloitte, Saurabh worked in the areas of identity and access management with IAG and NAB.

Saurabh previously served as IT Security & Quality Systems Officer for Allianz General Insurance, Malaysia Berhad, where he managed security for its thirty-six branches, 3 HQ offices and shared services with its subsidiaries. He was responsible for end-to-end implementation of information security policy and procedures. At Allianz, he customized security policy, performed risk assessment, developed and implemented a security awareness program, managed compliance, developed security architectures and integrated process and people with security implementations.

Saurabh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Osmania University and a Master’s degree from the Goa Institute of Management. He gave a presentation on information security at a seminar organized by the Malaysian Insurance Industry and is also a recipient of the “Best Recruit of the Year” award for his work at Deldot Systems Pvt. Ltd. 

Alan Joon Hock Seow, M.Sc. (InfoSec) (London), CISSP
Advisor
School of Information & Communications Technology
IT Security Interest Group
Republic Polytechnic (RP), Singapore
SINGAPORE

Seow is currently the Advisor of the RP IT Security Interest Group. This group serves as a platform for like-minded students/people to gather and share/learn from one another on any topics concerning IT security. It also invites industry professionals to deliver IT security-related presentations in the form of seminars.

Alan has over 8 years of experience within the IT/Information Security industry in Singapore. Prior to being in academia, he served the Singapore Government by providing security consultancy work to the various agencies. Alan has also been one of the team-leads for organizing Singapore’s largest IT security event – Government Ware – for two consecutive years. Alan is now with a Singapore Government Institution to impart his information security knowledge onto Singapore’s younger generations. He currently teaches final-year students who choose IT security as their IT diploma specialization.

Alan received his Master of Science degree in Information Security from Royal Holloway University of London, U.K. and is a CISSP.

Tomonori Shiomi, CISSP, GSEC
Leader
OAS Co. Ltd
JAPAN

Tomonori is the Leader of OAS Co., Ltd – a company focused on software development. Since joining the company in 2000, he has been responsible for the design and development of customized business applications. He is also involved in a number of security-related organizations: JNSA, ISSA and ISEPA. Through his work with these organizations, Mr. Shiomi has helped to develop several textbooks on information security as well as a report on the domestic information security industry for 2006 and 2009.

Adli Abdul Wahid
Head, MyCERT
CyberSecurity Malaysia
MALAYSIA

Adli started his career as an IT lecturer under the faculty of ICT for the International Islamic University of Malaysia from Sept. 1998 - Aug. 2006. As an IT Lecturer, he taught courses in Network Security, C Programming and Computer Networking. He was promoted to Deputy Director of the IT Division in 2001 and again to Head of the Department of Information Systems in 2002.

Adli joined CyberSecurity Malaysia in September 2006 as a Senior Intrusion Analyst. In 2007, he was promoted to Head of Malaysian Computer Emergency Response Team (MyCERT), where he was involved in promoting the program nationally and internationally. His efforts have made MyCERT a prominent entity of the Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT).

 Senior Non-IT Security Professional

Chin Eng Xavier Tan
Founder, Former Managing Director and Current Advisor
Extol MSC Berhad
MALAYSIA

 
Xavier Tan set up Extol MSC Berhad in 1984 and served as Managing Director for eighteen years. A former pilot who is now a successful IT business leader, Tan endured tough times when his company went under during the recession of the late 1980s. However, he managed to turn the business around and brought Extol through another recession in the late 1990s. A key turning point in Extol's history was when it became the sole distributor of an anti-virus software from Taiwan in 1988. This led to Extol's first serious penetration into the corporate and government sector. Extol found its niche in the anti-virus market when it decided to venture into developing its own anti-virus software in the early 1990s.

Extol’s first R&D initiative, Armour Anti-Virus, was an immediate commercial success. One of the key challenges faced by local software companies was overcoming the misconception that Malaysian products were not as good as other foreign products. He was able to overcome this challenge by exporting the technology to European countries and selling 1.5 million copies of licenses to the U.S. Department of Defense. Besides his leadership in Extol’s operation, during his tenure as Chairperson of the Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (Pikom), he empowered many initiatives which now benefit the community.

Senior IT Security Professional

Dr. Kam Pui Chow
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
University of Hong Kong
HONG KONG

Dr. K. P. Chow is the Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Science and the Associate Director of the Center for Information Security and Cryptography at the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Chow’s areas of research interest are computer forensics, cryptography and computer security. He was the chief designer of the computer forensic tool, Digital Evidence Search Kit (DESK). He has been working on the Internet piracy monitoring system Lineament, which was adopted by the HKSAR Customs and Excise Department in 2007. He has also published research papers on computer forensics, computer security and cryptography in local and international conferences and journals. Dr. Chow was a member of the Program Committee of the international computer forensic workshop SADFE (Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering) in 2005 and 2007. He is the conference Chairperson of the Sixth IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, to be held in 2010. Since 2008, Dr. Chow has held the Vice Chairperson position for the Information Security and Forensics Society (ISFS). He is also a committee member of the IT Division, Hong Kong Institutions of Engineers, and a council member of the Hong Kong Forensics Science Society. In the past few years, Dr. Chow has been invited to be a computer forensic expert, assisting HK law enforcement agencies by giving advice to counsels on interpretation of digital evidence.

Satoshi Fushmi
Executive Director
Information and Mathematical Science Lab, Inc.
JAPAN

Satoshi Fushmi is currently the Executive Director for the Information and Mathematical Science Lab, Inc. He joined the company in 1980 and is responsible for software engineering, including security and education.

He earned his B.S. degree in Physics, his M.S. degree in Computer Sciences and Physics, and his B.E. degree all from Tokyo University in 1969, 1972 and 1976, respectively. Satoshi is a member of ACM and IPSJ and has served on JISC and ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7+SC27 committees with liaison responsibility from SC7 to SC27.

Ajoy Ghosh, CISSP, iRAP
Security Executive
Logica Australia Pty Ltd
AUSTRALIA

 Ajoy has more than fifteen years of experience in information technology and business security as an architect, consultant and manager. After originally graduating as a Computer Engineer, he spent a number of years in various capacities within law enforcement. He then joined Westpac Banking Corporation as an IT Auditor, progressing to Information Security Manager. Mr. Gosh previously held security leadership roles with Unisys Australia, 90East (Asia-Pacific) and Volante (subsequently acquired by Commander); and currently with the Security Executive at Logica.

Whilst specializing in computer forensics, information security, reliability and protective security, Ajoy has developed significant business skills and has been responsible for delivery of projects with budgets in excess of $30 million. He has been the expert witness in some of Australia’s largest and politically sensitive corporate investigations and is routinely called to provide expert opinion in complex criminal cases.

Mr. Ghosh is the author of Standard Australia’s Handbook 171: Guidelines on the Management of IT Evidence, and co-author of Handbook 231: Information Risk Management Guidelines. He is currently the Australian representation on the ISO new work item titled ‘Acquisition of Digital Evidence’. He advises a number of industry and government committees on information and protective security and lectures in cybercrime and computer forensics to post-graduate law and police studies students.

Yong Nam Kang, CISSP, CISA, ITIL
APJ Regional Director, Global Services Segment
Dell International Inc.
KOREA

Yong Nam Kang has been working as an IT services & security professional for fifteen years. He is currently Asia-Pacific & Japan Regional Director of Dell International Inc., where he supervises global services infrastructures to provide seamless and secure services to over one-thousand global customers of Dell.

He started his career at LG as a Software Researcher in 1994 and continued in the industry as a Research Director & IT Consulting Manager at Hewlett Packard for ten years. While he was working as Research Director in Hewlett Packard Lab, he developed security solutions for ubiquitous mobile devices and applied them to many new mobile platforms.

Mr. Kang has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Pusan National University of Korea. He also completed the Visiting Scholars program at the School of International Relations & Pacific Studies at UC San Diego, USA.

Dr.Jae-il Lee
Vice President, Division Director
Korea Information Security Agency
KOREA

Dr. Jae-il Lee has been an Information Security Specialist and Manager for over fifteen years. He was a Software Engineer at IBM Korea, Inc., from 1991 to 1996. He transferred to the Korea Information Security Agency (KISA) in 1996 and was promoted to Director, then Vice President in 2000 and 2003, respectively. As an Information Security Specialist, he has extensive training and experience in the areas of computer network security technology, information security policy, privacy protection, etc. As the current Vice President of KISA, he’s in charge of information security policy development.

Throughout his career, he has played a vital role in establishing information security policy framework, reforming the legal environment and influencing private sectors to protect their – and/or public – assets and data by validating each security step and improving it on an international level. He was a Secretariat General of the Korea PKI Forum, where he was in charge of operating Root CA of National PKI and promoting activities of electronic signature in Korea. Dr. Lee received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science and Statistics from Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea, in 1986 and 1988, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea in 2006.

Jeong-Nam Lee
Director
Cyber Forensic Professional Association
KOREA

Mr. Jeong-Nam Lee has fourteen years of experience in the IT security field. He founded the Cyber Forensic Professional Association in September 2003 and has since held the position of Director. The association has produced 350 experts since its inception.

Mr. Lee earned his B.S. degree in Administration from Korea National Open University in 1986 and his M.S. degree in Information Security from Dongguk University in 2001. He was an adjunct professor of the Cyber Police Department for the Korea IT Vocational School from 2006-2008. He was also an adjunct professor of Information Security for the Graduate School Department of International Affairs for Information at Dongguk University from 2006-2008.

He has won several awards for his passion and leadership on cyber crime investigation and information security, including Exemplary Official as a police officer in Korea in 1994 and “2001 Digital e-Leader” from IBM Korea and Digital Times in 2001.

Koji Nanao
Information Security Fellow, Operation Sector
KDDI Corporation
JAPAN

Koji Nakao received his B.E. degree in Mathematics from Waseda University in Japan in 1979. Since joining KDDI (previous KDD) in 1979, Koji has been engaged in research on multimedia communications, communications protocol, secure communicating systems and information security technology for the telecommunications network in the KDDI laboratory. After 2003, Koji moved to the KDDI head office to construct its security management system as a security expert. In his current position as Information Security Fellow, he is responsible for managing and controlling all security issues required in KDDI.

Koji sits on the board of the Japan Information Security Audit Association (JASA), Telecom-ISAC Japan and ICSS (Information Communication System Security) of the Institute of Electronics, where he’s also a Technical Group Chair for the Information and Communication Engineers. Koji is also credited as a founder of Japan’s ISMS User Group. Furthermore, he has joined several Government advisory boards to support Governmental security strategy design.

Koji received the IPSJ Research Award in 1992, METI Ministry Award and KPMG Security Award in 2006, and Contribution Award (Japan ITU), NICT Research Award, Best Paper Award (JWIS) and MIC Bureau Award in 2007 and The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Prizes for Science and Technology: Research Category) in 2009.

LewisTam
General Manager, Head of Information Security
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company
CHINA

Lewis Tam is the Head of Information Security for the Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, which is the first integrated financial services conglomerate in China. He has introduced an information security control framework, and is responsible for directing and implementing the information security and IT compliance initiatives for the entire Corporation.

Mr. Tam has over twenty-five years of international experience in risk management, information technology and project management, specializing within the banking and finance industry. Lewis previously served as Vice President for Bank of America, and headed a number of different functions, including Information Security, IT Compliance, Technology Risk Management, Internal Control and Project Management. Prior to this role, he was the Principal IT Auditor and also led the worldwide financial system development for American Express. While most of these assignments were with regional responsibilities, Lewis has offices based in different countries including China, Hong Kong and Australia.

Mr. Tam holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Hong Kong and a Diploma in Management Studies from the University of Hong Kong Polytechnic.

Vladan Todorovic
Olympics Information Security Manager
Atos Origin
CHINA

 
Vladan Todorovic was the Information Security Manager for Atos Origin for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. He was responsible for IT risk assessment, security policies development, security planning, security audits and vulnerability testing as well as running the managed security service to assess, prioritize and notify of any real threats from twelve million security events per day, ensuring that the Games ran smoothly.

Todorovic has over ten years of information security experience. Prior to his current position, Todorovic worked on the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and Torino 2006 Olympic Games projects as Security Information Management System Architect. He was responsible for the development of unique real-time processing for SIEM system, aligned with business security risk management processes. Before joining Atos Origin, he was working as an ISP IT manager, where he had many innovative projects and inventions related to IT and IT security.

Todovoric holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and Telecommunications Engineering, with a number of specialized IT related diplomas.

Dr. Mohamed Ridza bin Wahiddin
Head of Information Security Cluster
MIMOS Berhad
MALAYSIA

Dr. Mohamed Ridza bin Wahiddin obtained his B.Sc. (Hon), M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from UMIST, UK in Physics. Upon completion of his Ph.D., he returned to Malaysia in August 1989 and took on a lecturer position at the University of Malaya. For his outstanding pioneering work in quantum optics in Malaysia, he was awarded the 1994 National Young Scientist Award (Strategic) by the Malaysia Ministry of Science, Technology & Environment.

In 2001, Dr. Mohamed Ridza left the University of Malaya to join the new Faculty of Science at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Gombak. He was the Deputy Dean (Academic Affairs) of the Faculty of Science from 2002-2004, and also the Deputy Dean (Academic Affairs) at the Centre of Postgraduate Studies from 2004-2005. In 2004, UMIST awarded Dr. Mohamed Ridza the higher Doctorate degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) for his contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the field of Quantum Optics.

Presently, he is the Head of the Information Security Cluster at MIMOS BERHAD, a Malaysian government research institute focused on ICT and microelectronics and an IIUM Senate member. Dr. Ridza has delivered presentations by request at several local and overseas conferences, has seven patents on file and has co-authored three scientific books, published by the IIUM Research Centre. He was named “MIMOS Best Innovator” for 2007. He is also the Managing Editor of the Applied Mathematics and Information Sciences Journal, published by Dixie W Publishing Corporation.

Sanjika Roshani Wijesundara
Head of the Information Security Division
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC
SRI LANKA

Sanjika Roshani Wijesundara is the Information Security Officer of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the primary telecommunications services provider in Sri Lanka, with more than 4 million business and residential subscribers. In her fourteen years with SLT, Sanjika, has implemented a number of diverse assignments within the IT group, branching into Network Security in 2001. This led to her promotion as Head of the Information Security Division in 2008.

Sanjika has served as Chairperson for technical and project evaluation committees for Sri Lanka Telecom and contributed to a central project for developing security policies for government organizations under the aegis of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka.

She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Mohd Zahari Zakaria
Chief Executive Officer
Teknimuda (M) Sdn Bhd
MALAYSIA

Zahari graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Aston, U.K. in 1983. He previously worked as an engineer in several companies before he joined ESSO (now known as EXXON Mobil) in 1986. At ESSO, he started as a Network System Analyst and was later promoted to Head of Telecommunications and Networks for ESSO companies in Malaysia. He also worked as the Head of the Skill Centre and Operations Department for System Consultancy Services Sdn Bhd.

He assumed his current position in Teknimuda in 2000 and provides consulting and project management for design and implementation of the communications network and security systems.

Zahari sits on SIRIM Information Security Technical Committee (TC 5) as the Chairperson and oversees Working Group 1 (WG1- Requirements, Security Services and Guidelines) activities, reviewing ICT security standards for Malaysia. He was also a member of the National Information Security Panel of Experts.

He was recently elected as the first President and Chair of RFID Association of Malaysia. Zahari obtained professional engineer status from Board of Engineers, Malaysia in early 2009 in the field of electronic engineering specializing in telecommunication and is a member of Malaysia Institute of Engineers.