About

Gung Hiu (Alex) Ho is a Senior Security Engineer at Apple with a passion for coding, security, and guinea pigs. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. With over 5 years of relevant experience, he has worked for Amazon as a Security Engineer and Security Engineer II, where he designed, built, and owned infrastructure that accelerated detection engineering and threat hunting. His product received the Neo4j Pioneer Graphie Award, and he responded to security incidents detected in Amazon payment, investigating security alerts and driving rapid remediation. He also worked as a purple team member, emulating internal and external attackers by continuously executing end-to-end attacks against payment systems to discover unknown vulnerabilities. Currently, as a Senior Security Engineer at Apple, Gung Hiu (Alex) Ho is responsible for ensuring the security of Apple media products. He is well-versed in Neo4j and infra technologies and has a deep understanding of the threat landscape, including malicious actors targeting the payments industry. He is a skilled problem-solver and has a track record of developing high-quality detections and proactively identifying new threats against payment services. In addition to his technical skills, Gung Hiu (Alex) Ho is also passionate about guinea pigs, as evidenced by his Instagram account, gpatagram. He is a dedicated and hardworking professional who is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to grow.