Biography
Victor Jiun-Wen Keong is a Senior Lecturer in the ISTD Pillar at SUTD. Victor has been a cybersecurity and AI governance leader with over 30 years of global experience across Asia Pacific and North America. He brings deep industry perspective to SUTD through senior leadership roles spanning professional services, global technology providers, and board-level advisory work. He has advised Fortune 500 organisations, regulators, and critical infrastructure leaders on cybersecurity transformation, AI risk, and digital trust.
At SUTD, Victor focuses on advancing practical, real-world outcomes at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity, including adversarial robustness, privacy-preserving technologies, trusted data foundations, and resilient systems that can operate safely in complex, high-stakes environments such as digital health.
Teaching focus
Victor’s teaching emphasises applied learning, executive-grade decision frameworks, and industry-relevant labs and case studies. Focus areas include:
- AI x Cybersecurity (defence automation, threat ecosystems, governance)
- Adversarial AI in cybersecurity (robustness, attack surfaces, evaluation methods)
- Cybersecurity strategy, operating models, and governance (board reporting, risk alignment)
- Privacy-preserving technologies (privacy engineering, responsible AI practices)
- Data provenance and trust (lineage, integrity, accountability)
- Resilient infrastructure (ransomware readiness, incident response, recovery design)
- Digital health security and trust (privacy, safety, resilience by design)
Research interests
- Trust technologies for AI-enabled systems
- Privacy-preserving computation and privacy engineering
- Data provenance, lineage, and integrity for accountable AI
- Adversarial robustness and evaluation of AI systems in security contexts
- Resilience engineering for cyber disruption and ransomware scenarios
- Governance models for AI risk and cybersecurity risk convergence
- Secure communication, connectivity trust, and identity-centered architectures
- Digital health security, privacy, and resilient operations
Industry leadership experience
Victor has held senior roles across the cybersecurity and technology ecosystem, including:
- Partner, Cybersecurity & Risk Advisory at Deloitte and KPMG, where he helped build and scale cybersecurity practices across APAC and led global teams at scale
- Field CISO roles in leading security and infrastructure companies (including ransomware readiness and executive simulations)
- Security Solutions leadership for Microsoft Asia
- Ongoing advisory work in identity security and modern trust architectures across regulated industries
Selected highlights
- Built and scaled cybersecurity organisations across multiple markets, leading large global teams
- Board and executive advisor on cybersecurity transformation and regulatory alignment
- Recognized industry voice on AI safety, digital trust, and cybersecurity governance
- Community impact through initiatives that translate complex AI risk into plain-language, real-world protection
Prior academic appointments
- Adjunct appointments at the National University of Singapore (NUS) (prior)