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CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event – November 2025

The ascent of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) introduces a new class of cybersecurity threats that target the models themselves. Adversaries are now exploiting vulnerabilities unique to these systems through attacks like prompt injection to hijack outputs, training data poisoning to corrupt behavior, and model extraction to steal intellectual property. These techniques bypass conventional security controls, making the AI a primary attack surface.

Securing AI requires a focused shift in strategy. Defenses must move beyond perimeter security to directly fortify the AI lifecycle. While many conferences extensively cover AI security methodologies, a critical gap remains: the lack of a unified, rapid-protection solution. To address this gap, the Cloudflare team will present their solution: leveraging the Cloudflare SASE platform and Gateway to create a dedicated security layer for AI. This provides a much-needed guardrail, applying the proven principles of a WAF directly to AI applications.

Please do not miss this opportunity to learn from the expert and get connected with your peers.

Participants may claim 1 CPE

DATE: November 27, 2025 (Thursday)

TIME: 12:30 – 01:30 pm

FORMAT: Webinar (in English)

SPEAKER: Chad LAU, Senior Solution Engineer, Cloudflare

TOPIC: From Shadow IT to Agentic AI: The Unified Platform for AI Security

CONTENT:
AI adoption brings massive productivity gains, but it also introduces significant security risks like data exfiltration. Traditional security strategies, such as blocking AI entirely, are failing. These strategies ignore the reality of how your teams and customers want to implement.

This session explores how to resolve and provide solution. Chad will introduce the Cloudflare AI Security Suite, a unified platform designed to help organizations adopt AI by managing risk, boosting productivity, and enabling secure development – all at once.

SPEAKER:
Chad is a Senior Solution Engineer at Cloudflare, where he focuses on Hong Kong with Cloud and cybersecurity solutions. Chad works with enterprise clients to design and implement strategies that protect their infrastructure and data without compromising performance.

VIEW THE PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/-t7e8cWLNrY

CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event – July 2024 – Discussion Forum

It’s an exciting month for cybersecurity professionals in Hong Kong. Earlier this month, the HKSAR Government initiated a public consultation on a proposed legislative framework to enhance the protection of computer systems for critical infrastructure (CI) in Hong Kong.

The framework, outlined in the document [https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr2024/english/panels/se/papers/se20240702cb2-930-3-e.pdf], aims to establish a set of statutory obligations and security measures for operators of critical infrastructures. This is in response to the growing reliance of essential services on computer systems and the increasing threat of cyberattacks that could disrupt Hong Kong’s economy, public safety, and national security. By introducing this new legislation, the government seeks to strengthen the cybersecurity posture of Hong Kong’s critical infrastructure, ensuring the reliable and uninterrupted provision of vital services to the community

Last Friday, July 19, we encountered another massive incident – massive failure of Microsoft Windows with CrowdStrike Falcon Agent (EDR) installed. How should we proceed and how should we react to this? Should we reconsider before installing EDR to the computer systems in Critical Infrastructure environment.

Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong & Macau Chapter considered that it is time that we should gather our brain and mindset together to determine what should we prepare for the CyberSecurity Law? How should we make use of the framework to enhance the security posture of Hong Kong Critical Infrastructure?

CSA HKM arrange an online forum on July 26, 2024 (Friday) during our knowledge sharing session at 12:30 – 13:30. We have invited our council member and some other practitioners to give their comments. We also wish to gather the comments from you as well.

DETAILS:

DATE: July 26, 2024 (Friday)

TIME: 12:30 – 13:30 pm

FORMAT: Online Zoom Session.

TOPIC: How should “WE” make the CyberSecurity Framework to enhance the Critical Infrastructure protection?

LANGUAGE: English
PANELIST:
– Terry Cheung, Kevin Liu, Otto Lee, Ricci Ieong [Board Members of Cloud Security Alliance (HK & Macau)]
– Wilson Tang [Vice Chairman of HKCNSA]
– Billy Fung [Deputy Director of Financial Services Committee, HKCNSA]
– Representatives from some Cloud Service Providers

LISTEN to the FORUM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrbtnIoSkWg

This discussion forum is organized by Cloud Security Alliance HK & Macau Chapter (CSA HKM) and supported by Hong Kong China Network Security Association (HKCNSA) and Information Security and Forensics Society (ISFS).

CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event – June 2024

In the past few months, a number of high-profile data breaches and ransomware attacks have been reported in the news. It seems that cyber criminals are becoming increasingly active, launching more incidents targeting various organizations in Hong Kong. Cybersecurity has once again emerged as a hot topic in the media, drawing significant attention.

As more computing environments have migrated to the cloud, cloud-based cybersecurity solutions have become increasingly crucial. In response to these evolving threats and the growing importance of cloud security, the Cloud Security Alliance is finalizing the latest version of its Security Guidance document (v5) as well as the CCSK (Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge) certification program (v5).

To ensure the security of cloud computing environments, it is essential to enrich the cloud security checklist for cloud service customers (CSCs). This will help CSCs implement robust security measures and mitigate the risks associated with cloud adoption.

To keep pace with the shift towards cloud computing, security defense platforms need to evolve into a hybrid model that covers both cloud and on-premises environments. Dr. Kang Meng Chow will be introducing a logging strategy for this hybrid network environment during an upcoming in-person event.

After more than 5 years of virtual-only events, the Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong & Macau Chapter is excited to organize a physical event at the AWS Office, located at 20/F, Tower 535, 535 Jaffe Road, Hong Kong. . This event will provide a valuable opportunity for industry professionals to connect, collaborate, and stay abreast of the latest developments in cloud security.

DETAILS:

DATE: June 6, 2024 (Thursday)

TIME: 7:00 – 8:30 pm

VENUE: 20/F, Tower 535, 535 Jaffe Road, Hong Kong. AWS Office.

TOPIC: Pull up your SOC – thoughts on logging strategy in a heterogeneous network environment

LANGUAGE: English
SPEAKER: Dr. KANG Meng Chow, Director of Averitus Pte, Ltd.

THE SPEAKER:

Meng-Chow is a practicing professional for over 30 years in various cyber security roles across different industries, including the Singapore government, major multi-national financial institutions, and global security and technology providers including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco and Microsoft.

He has held various standards chair and co-chair positions in Singapore, ISO, and ITU-T, and founded the RAISE Forum in 2004. He was Board Director for ISC2 in 2015-2017.

He published a book, “Responsive Security” in 2013, and has been an Adjunct Associate Professor with NTU, a member of MAS CSAP, and a Govtech Smart Nation Fellow.

ABSTRACT:

This talk discusses the challenges and best practices for developing an effective logging strategy within a security operations center (SOC) managing a heterogeneous network including cloud and on premises infrastructures.

The presentation outlines key logging strategy objectives, including comprehensive incident data, data-driven decision making, and regulatory compliance. It also explores unique obstacles in heterogeneous environments, such as disparate log formats, and centralized management difficulties, and suggests several options for discussion and considerations for designing an effective logging strategy to meet the challenges of complex, heterogeneous networks.

Extended Fireside Chat

CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event – June 2024 (Extension)

REGISTRATION: https://csahkmkse2406.eventbrite.hk/

CSA HKM Supports CS Summit 2023

The Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong & Macau Chapter continues to collaborate with the Hong Kong Productivity Council and other prominent information security organizations in Hong Kong to organize the Cyber Security Summit Hong Kong 2023, which is one of the largest local cybersecurity events in the region. Previously known as the IS Summit, the event has been renamed the CS Summit to reflect a sharper focus on cyber security.

The summit’s main goal remains unchanged: to provide participants with the latest insights into information security trends and developments. Theme of this year is “Securing Enterprises to Prepare for the Pos Quantum & AI World“.

Attendees can expect a more concentrated program that delves deeper into various aspects of cyber security, addressing emerging threats, industry best practices, and innovative solutions especially related to Post Quantum and AI related topics.

Details:

Date:	11 – 12 September 2023
Time:	09:00 – 18:00
Venue:	Room N201-N212, 2/F, New Wing, HKCEC, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Fee:	Free (Registration is required)
Registration:	https://www.cssummit.hk/registration/
Details:	https://www.cssummit.hk/

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Efficient Cyber Threat Investigation and Response with CyberSecurity Platform Survey

Most organization has deployed multiple security products against sophisticated cyber threats such as ransomware attacks. They need to spend more than 45 mins to collect and analyzing the information from multiple security products when a cyber threat happens in their environment. The entire project idea is captured as below research question.

One of previous guest speaker – Ricky Mok, who is also a MSc research student in University of Portsmouth would like conduct a survey research in the CyberThreat Investigation and Response with CyberSecurity Platform in both on premises and Cloud Computing environment.

The research study involves completing a questionnaire that will cover a range of topics related to efficient cyber threat investigation and response with a cybersecurity platform. The questionnaire is designed to be user-friendly and should take approximately 15 mins to complete. Your responses will be treated with the utmost confidentiality, and any identifiable information will be anonymized and kept strictly confidential in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. There are no anticipated risks associated with participating in this research study, and your participation will not have any impact on your current position or affiliation.

To participate, please follow the instructions below:

Subject: Invitation to Participate in a Research Study Questionnaire

I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to invite you to participate in an important research study that aims to determine the efficient cyber threat investigation and response with a cybersecurity platform

As an esteemed member of the Cloud Security Alliance HK Chapter, your valuable insights and expertise would greatly contribute to the success of this study. Your participation will help us gather comprehensive data and insights that will advance knowledge and contribute to the development of cyber threat detection and response.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary, and you have the right to withdraw at any time without penalty. There are no anticipated risks associated with participating in this research study, and your participation will not have any impact on your current position or affiliation.

To participate, please follow the instructions below:

Access the online questionnaire using the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AXmlvmoGk0inSjNRIcVo8xuOmucBlhMJV8fi2EinIjM/edit
Answer each question to the best of your knowledge and provide any additional information as requested.
Should you have any questions or concerns about the research study or questionnaire, please do not hesitate to contact Ricky Mok at up2086702@myport.ac.uk. Your feedback and input are highly valued, and we are available to address any queries you may have.

CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event – June 2023

In the past “Knowledge Sharing Session“, our focus has been on examining cloud computing and cybersecurity in the context of solution providers, cloud service providers, and vendors. However, we have not yet explored the usage of cloud computing by enterprises as cloud users.

Cloud service providers often try to persuade users to transition to a cloud environment, but is it truly convincing to adopt a cloud-first or cloud-native strategy?

In this knowledge sharing session, we are excited to welcome our new council member, Dicky Wong from New World Corporate Services Limited (New World Group Member), to guide us through his company’s cloud journey. He will discuss the nature of cloud environments, use cases for cloud computing, and best practices for security. Additionally, he will highlight the benefits and efficiency gains that can be achieved through the use of cloud technology.

Mr. Wong will also address security concerns when transitioning to a serverless PaaS cloud environment and discuss the appropriate security posture for cloud computing.

Participants will claim 1 CPE

DATE: June 29, 2023 (Thursday)
TIME: 12:30 – 01:30 pm
FORMAT: Webinar (in Cantonese)
TOPIC: How can the efficiency of an organization’s operations be optimized while also enhancing cybersecurity through the use of cloud technology?
LANGUAGE: Cantonese
SPEAKER: Dicky WONG, Head of Technology Risk, New World Corporate Services Limited and Director of Cloud Security Alliance (HK & Macau) Chapter

AGENDA:

What is the efficiency that will create to a corporate?
Nature of cloud environment, use case, security setting?
Why we need to concern about security going serverless?
What security should you be concern on?
How to set up a suitable security posture?

THE SPEAKER:

Mr. Wong is currently the Head of Technology Risk for New World Corporate Services, a New World Group Member. He is responsible for oversight and governance for all technology and cyber related compliance, risk management, and security within the group. One of the major tasks of Mr. Wong is to define, design and implement a comprehensive and robust risk framework & protection for the group that applies to all Business Units.

Prior to that, Mr. Wong was with the Hong Kong Police Force for over 10 years and he has held several cyber crime related management positions including being in charge of the Technology Crime investigation team, took up the role of Head of the Cyber Security Centre and the lead of the Collaboration team of the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau (CSTCB), Mr. WONG has gained tremendous amount of experience in technology crime investigation, setting up cyber security framework and handling cyber attacks including the large scaled cyber attacks occurred in Hong Kong.

Mr. Wong is currently volunteering as the Director of Government Relationship Development for Cloud Security Alliance (CSA HK & Macau Chapter) and also a Member of the HKSTP Data Governance Think Tank Group.

Mr. Wong is an INTERPOL accredited trainer in Computer Forensics, Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Penetration Tester and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Economics from University of Essex, United Kingdom

VIEW THE PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/RBGL5wnXrXo

CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event – May 2023

The Knowledge Sharing Event in May will be focused on another hot topic – AI and Cloud computing again.

In the Knowledge Sharing Event on ChatGPT in March, our R&D Vice Chairman – Samuel NG mentioned that Cloud Security Alliance has published a document on Cybersecurity implications of ChatGPT and further publish that into a new research publication. This topic is still hot in the IT industry.

In the forthcoming event, we invited Kevin Liu, representative from Microsoft, to talk about another hot topic how to use AI to enhance our cybersecurity posture – Microsoft’s AI-Powered Copilot. Kevin Liu is also our Education Director. He will bring us to the Multicloud Security world.

Participants will claim 1 CPE

DATE: May 11, 2023 (Thursday)
TIME: 12:30 – 01:30 pm
FORMAT: Webinar (in Cantonese)
TOPIC: AI-Powered Copilot and Multicloud Security by Microsoft
LANGUAGE: Cantonese
SPEAKER: Kevin Liu, Security Technical Specialist, Microsoft and Education Director of Cloud Security Alliance (HK & Macau) Chapter

ABSTRACT:

Microsoft Security delivers new multicloud capabilities to help customers strengthen visibility and control across multiple cloud providers, workloads, devices, and digital identities. Microsoft Security Copilot, it is an AI-powered security analysis tool that enables analysts to respond to threats quickly, process signals at machine speed, and assess risk. Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) solution helps organizations manage permissions and identities in the cloud. Microsoft’s Zero Trust approach to security helps organizations protect their data and resources by verifying every access request and enforcing least-privilege access principles. This sharing session will give you an overview on how Microsoft empowering Defenders with AI on security.

THE SPEAKER:

Kevin Liu is a Security, Compliance and Modern Work Technical Specialist in Microsoft. He has more than 20 years’ experience in providing advisory and solution consultation in CyberSecurity, Infrastructure and cloud for large companies across Asia Pacific region.

He is a speaker and demonstrator for major industry events in the APAC region including HKISS, APAC O2O digital resilience workshop and RSA Conference APAC.

Kevin worked for many different major IT vendors and solution provider including Microsoft, RSA Security, Symantec, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and Orange Cyberdefense. Kevin is a CISSP, CEH and ITIL certified.

VIEW THE PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/vZkS9IRv7z4

CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event – March 2023

In our second CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event in March, our expert speaker will talk about the ever changing DevOps, DevSecOps in the Cloud Computing environment.

Cloud-native technologies empower organizations to build and run scalable applications in modern, dynamic environments such as public, private and hybrid clouds. Containers, service meshes, microservices, immutable infrastructure, and declarative APIs exemplify this approach.Developer led organizations are innovating more rapidly, cheaply, and independently than ever before as they build new products and services to keep up with ever increasing competitive market conditions.

Open source software typically accounts for 70% to 90% of code in Web and cloud applications. There is some findings from Open Source Security and Risk Analysis report states that 98% of applications used open source and that open source libraries and components made up more than 75% of the code in the average software application. Most applications, 84%, had at least one vulnerability — the typical application had 158 vulnerabilities — and 60% of applications had at least one high-severity issue.

Organization needs to look into Application Lifecycle Security to identify misconfigurations as early as possible in the Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) development process. This means identifying code vulnerabilities and CI/CD vulnerabilities to ensure faster remediation of code misconfigurations.

In this session, the speaker will provide lifehack tips on how organizations can adopt DevSecOps with low friction and how DevSecOps benefits organization by simplifying developer experience and accelerating application development with security guardrails.

Participants will claim 1 CPE.

DATE: March 30, 2023 (Thursday)
TIME: 12:30 – 01:30 pm
FORMAT: Webinar
TOPIC: Pain Points and Tips in DevSecOps
LANGUAGE: Cantonese
SPEAKER: Bill Ho – Regional Cloud Solution Architect, Palo Alto

AGENDA:

Pain points in dealing with cyber threads in DevOps cycle
DevSecOps – something more than just technology change
5 Steps to simplify DevSecOps

THE SPEAKER:

Bill Ho is a seasoned Cloud Solution Architect with more than 15 years of cloud architecture experience. He is holding the position of Regional Cloud Solution Architect in Palo Alto Networks. Prior to this, he worked in a few cloud related solutions providers such as Microsoft, VMWare and IBM to help customers in embarking the cloud journey. He has lots of hand-ons experience of those solutions from those technology vendors and accredited with relevant certifications.

VIEW THE PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/SY_h9MZsovs

CSA HKM Knowledge Sharing Event – March 2023

Cybersecurity in Cloud Computing is always changing. In this ever-changing world we have a lot of things happening. Our Council member – Samuel NG is a definitely a pioneer in this industry. He would like to bring in a hot topic in IT world – ChatGPT.

The rise of cyber threats in recent years has made cybersecurity an increasingly critical concern for individuals and organizations alike especially organization utilizing cloud infrastructures.

To combat these threats, there is a growing need for advanced technologies that can help identify and mitigate risks in real-time. One such technology is ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI, that can be utilized in the field of cybersecurity to provide a range of benefits in both defensive & offensive operations.

ChatGPT has the capability to analyze and understand natural language, enabling it to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities in complex data sets, including network traffic, email communications, and social media posts.

Additionally, ChatGPT can assist in developing more effective security policies and protocols, as well as provide real-time threat intelligence and incident response. As a result, ChatGPT has the potential to greatly enhance the cybersecurity landscape and improve the overall safety and security of individuals and organizations.

Participants will claim 1 CPE.

DATE: March 2, 2023 (Thursday)
TIME: 12:30 – 01:30 pm
FORMAT: Webinar
TOPIC: ChatGPT/OpenAI for Cybersecurity and Cloud
LANGUAGE: Cantonese
SPEAKER: Samuel NG, Vice Chairman of Cloud Security Alliance (HK & Macau Chapter)

AGENDA:

Explain about the functions of ChatGPT with demonstration

Explain about its relationship with Cloud Computing and CyberSecurity area

Explore how ChatGPT can help our CyberSecurity industry.

THE SPEAKER:

Passion fuelled cybersecurity professional with leadership trained by armed forces, Capt. (R) Samuel has extensive experience in all cybersecurity domains from both technical and management perspectives balancing “getting-hands dirty” with technological matters & executive presence working with senior management in various corporate industries, government & military sectors.

He brought value to organisations by orientating governance, controls, risks and business strategies ultimately upholding the CIA Triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability) at highest standards to risk appetite accordingly. As a 14-years Malaysian army veteran with master’s degree and multiple infosec-recognised certifications, he progressed his career to Hong Kong, contributing to various sectors including: banking, telecommunication, cloud, IT infrastructures, start-ups, Cybersecurity R&D etc.

Samuel is an active member of Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong & Macau Chapter as Vice Chairman of Programs & Research, actively participating in various cybersecurity events as speaker, panelist and moderator. Besides, he is also a guest lecturer in Hong Kong University Space, teaching subjects such as network attacks & digital forensics. Currently exercising his expertise in the Hong Kong cybersecurity commercial community, making efforts to create value in every way possible with a never-stop-learning attitude.

VIEW THE PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/u0hNrMacDno

Post event updates:

Organization	Descriptions	URL Link
Cloud Security Alliance	Cybersecurity Implications of ChatGPT	https://bit.ly/3kQtFP8
Cloud Security Alliance	ChatGPT discussion	https://circle.cloudsecurityalliance.org/discussion/chatgpt-research
HKCERT	Adopt Good Cyber Security Practices to Make AI Your Friends not Foes	https://www.hkcert.org/blog/adopt-good-cyber-security-practices-to-make-ai-your-friends-not-foes
HKCERT	Verify from Various Sources to Ensure Security When Searching for Answers with AI	https://www.hkcert.org/blog/verify-from-various-sources-to-ensure-security-when-searching-for-answers-with-ai
OGCIO of HKSAR Government	Ethical Artificial Intelligence Framework	https://www.ogcio.gov.hk/en/our_work/infrastructure/methodology/ethical_ai_framework/
PCPD of HKSAR	Guidance on Ethical Development and Use of AI	https://www.pcpd.org.hk/english/news_events/media_statements/press_20210818.html

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