In cybersecurity, speed is survival. But while AI has dramatically accelerated detection and response, threat investigation remains stubbornly slow, manual, and human-bound. Why? Because true investigation demands context, judgment, and the ability to form hypotheses, things AI has historically struggled with. Today, as CISOs face mounting pressure from relentless attacks, budget constraints, and critical manpower shortages, a new frontier is emerging: Agentic AI. Instead of simply automating tasks, agentic AI acts like a security analyst, independently gathering, analyzing, and recommending courses of action. In this exclusive interview, Dr. Meng-Chow Kang, Principal Security Advisor at SecAI and a 30-year cybersecurity veteran, shares why the future of cyber resilience hinges on reimagining investigation, and how innovations like SecAI's next-generation Investigator are helping organizations move from overwhelmed to empowered.
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Meng-Chow has been a practicing information security professional for over 30 years with field experience spanning from technical to management in the various information and cyber security, risk management and security assurance roles, including the Singapore government, major multi-national financial institutions (Standard Chartered Bank and JP Morgan Chase), and global security and technology providers (Microsoft, Cisco, and Amazon Web Services). His research and part of his experience in the field have been published in his book, “Responsive Security – Be ready to be secure”, by CRC Press in Oct 2013, and a Chinese version, “响应式安全：构建企业信息安全体系”, by Broadview in Apr 2018.
Before joining SecAI, Meng Chow served as a Smart Nation Fellow (Cybersecurity) with Singapore’s Government Technology Agency from 2022 to 2024. He was a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s International Cyber Security Advisory Panel (2019–2024) and the Ministry of Health’s International Healthcare Cyber Security Advisory Panel (2020–2023). From 2014 to 2025, he was also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University’s College of Computing and Data Science. A long-time leader in the cybersecurity community, he served as a Director on the ISC2 Board from 2015 to 2017.
His contributions to the information security industry and community have been marked by numerous industry accolades, including the Singapore Association of Information Security Professionals (AISP)’s 2023 Cybersecurity Hall of Fame Award, the AISP’s 2019 Cybersecurity Leader Award, and the ISC2 2014 James Wade Service Award.
Meng-Chow received his MSc degree in Information Security from the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, and completed his PhD in Information Security Risk Management at the Southern Cross University, Australia. He has also been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 1998.
