Meet ISC2 Instructor Ricci Leong

ISC2 Instructor Ricci Leong, CCSP, ISSAP, CISSP

Dr. Leong has over 15 years of industry experience in the Information Technology Industry as well as more than 15 years of experience in IT Security area specialized in Security Risk Assessment, IT Audit, Ethical Hacking & Penetration Test, Smart Card & Biometrics System deployment and Computer Forensics Investigation. He currently serves as Principal Consultant of eWalker Consulting Ltd.

He has worked for HP and founded the first HP e-Security Center (also known as Penetration Test Center) in Hong Kong. He has led and conducted over 100 security assessments, IT Security Audits, penetration tests and incident handling services for HKSAR government departments, banks and multinational organization in Hong Kong throughout these years. He is one of the founding instructors in the first diploma and graduate diploma course in computer security and forensics investigation recognized by HKSAR law enforcement team. In year 2002, Dr Ieong was invited by HKSAR government HK Police Force to courtroom as the first expert witness in HK Computer Crime Investigation. 

He was awarded the ISC2 Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements (ISLA) Honoree – Senior Information Security Professional in 2017 for his contribution in conducting security education. He participated in developing the first Digital Forensics training in Hong Kong in 1999. Since then, he planned and conducted postgraduate digital forensics courses in HKUST, HKUSpace. Currently, he is the Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology as well as part-time lecturer on CyberSecurity course. 

He is authorized ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) and Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) trainer. 

He is also the founding member and council member of Information Security and Forensics Society of Hong Kong, Vice President of Professional Development of Cloud Security Alliance (HK & Macau Chapter).