Assistant Government Chief Information Officer (Cyber Security and Digital Identity)

Main Duties and Responsibilities :

1. To advise on and participate in the formulation and management of government information and cyber security policies and incident response mechanisms;
2. To promote awareness on information and cyber security, advise on security threat alerts and risks mitigation, and assure information and cyber security requirement compliance;
3. To advise on new cyber security development and adoption of related technology in the Government;
4. To oversee the provision of “eID” as a single digital identity of Hong Kong residents for authentication in government and commercial online transactions and as a key digital infrastructure for smart city development; and
5. To assist in formulating standards and practice of public key infrastructure and devising other secure procedures for facilitating the development of electronic transactions in Hong Kong.