Training & Security Leadership
Profiles in Leadership: Leonard Ong, GE Healthcare
Regional Information Security Officer Discusses the Changing Role of CISOs
Leonard Ong, senior director, regional information security officer, APAC at GE Healthcare, says the role of a chief information security officer has changed a lot over the last two decades.
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"Traditionally, the goal is to protect our asset or protect our perimeter. This has changed now to protecting our assets to enabling our business," Ong says. He describes the change as a move from the CISO being an internal function into more of a front-line position and says CISOs must work "together with the business in order to create something new, based on new technologies.
In a video interview with Information Security Media Group as part of the CyberEdBoard's ongoing Profiles in Leadership series, Ong also discusses:
- How he became interested in the field of cybersecurity;
- His experience of working in various APAC markets;
- How the CISO community can fill the skills gap.
Ong has more than 20 years of experience in information, cyber and corporate security. He led governance, risk management and compliance service for the Asia-Pacific region at MSD International.
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