Jon Lau

Human Risk Intel | A*STAR | SLIX/SingAREN | APAN Board | Ind Advisory Board SUTD | IDC Advisory Council | Quantum Tech WG | SCS Cybersec | SCS Fellow | Cyberpsychology, HPC & Tech Advocate | Ecosys Builder

Singapore

About

> Cybersecurity and digital infrastructure leader operating across national research, government policy, and advanced technology ecosystems. > CISO and Director at A*STAR and President of SingAREN, leading cybersecurity strategy, governance, and risk management for secure and resilient research environments. > Deep expertise in quantum cybersecurity, zero trust architectures, and supercomputing/HPC > Applies a cyberpsychology-informed approach, recognising human behaviour as a critical dimension of cyber risk and organisational resilience. > Pursuing doctoral research in cyberpsychology, focusing on personality traits and cognitive biases influencing phishing and cyber threats. > Active advisor, board and council member, invited speaker, and panel moderator across government, academia, and industry. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2073-1863

Experience

  • A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research (Full-time · 6 yrs 9 mos)
    • Chief Information Security Officer
      Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Director
      Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

      CISO Office; Scientific IT Wing, ITSS

    • Acting Director
      Oct 2021 - Apr 2022 · 7 mos

      CISO Office - Oversees Cybersecurity strategy, risk and governance, IT security policy, cybersecurity advisory and education, etc, and Scientific IT Wing, IT Shared Services - Oversees and manage Scientific IT needs of the Research Institutes and National Platforms, including the provision of Scientific IT support.

  • Member of ISTD Industry Advisory Board at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    The role of the board is to provide feedback and guidance to enhance currency and strategic relevance of our education, research, and innovation programmes, ensuring their alignment with the latest industry requirements

  • Member Board of Directors at Asia Pacific Advanced Network
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Strategic Engagements at National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore
    Aug 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Director of Business Development APAC at Cloud Security Alliance
    Jul 2018 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr

    Led the business development for Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region through its awareness and training programme, outreach and CXO events, and working groups, so as to build the cloud security best practices ecosystem leveraging on the cloud security capabilities of CSA.