Hong Kong’s Financial Industry Experts Joining Advisory Committee Of ASTRI Security Lab

The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) has recently set up the ASTRI Security Lab (ASL), a cyber-security focused research lab with a world-class R&D Team. ASL is committed to building effective solutions against cyber attacks through investigations and knowledge exchange.

To build a stronger FinTech alliance for defending against cyber threats, ASTRI is pleased to announce that a few financial industry experts in Hong Kong have joined the advisory committee of ASL as advisors, including

Mr Raymond Cheng, Group General Manager & Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
Mr CK Chan, Global Head of Digital Mobile and Channels Engineering, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
Mr Rocky Cheng, Deputy General Manager, Information Technology Department, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited

The advisors will offer strategic advice to ASTRI to support our mission of strengthening cyber security in the financial industry, which is Hong Kong’s major economic pillar. ASL will continue working with international experts and academia to enhance finance industry’s security measures and create substantial value in enterprises in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness through applied research. ASTRI’s core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under five Technology Divisions: Advanced Electronic Components and Systems; Artificial Intelligence and Trust Technologies; Communications Technologies; IoT Sensing and AI Technologies; and Intelligent Perception and Control Technologies. It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, New Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse.

Over the years, ASTRI has nurtured a pool of research, I&T talents and received numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations as well as outstanding business and community contributions. ASTRI has transferred about 1,600 technologies to the industry and has been granted close to 1,200 patents in the Mainland, the United States, and other countries.

As a Hong Kong R&D centre, one of ASTRI’s important goals is to help customers harness business opportunities from the thriving technology market and increase their competitive strengths. Customers and partners can improve their efficacy by drawing on ASTRI’s expertise and research achievements.

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