Roy Ng DBA, SCPM, SMIEEE; formerly CISSP, CISA, PMP
Dr. Roy Ng is currently the Director in the Centre for Research in Information Assurance (CRIA) in Toronto, Canada. In addition to his academic research responsibilities, he develops seminars and workshops to disseminate research results. His expertise includes Information CyberSecurity, Privacy, Business Countermeasure Strategy and Information Assurance. He has over 25 years of ICT experience in the areas of executive management, consulting, information security, and network engineering with a focus in business efficacy. Dr. Ng is a frequent speaker in conferences, universities, a researcher and a seminar leader.
Prior to his research directorship, Professor Ng served at Ryerson University, Toronto as Assistant Professor, in the Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management for over ten years as an information security faculty. He had held various senior management positions in the IT industry including Area Vice-President in a fortune 200 company; Director, Consulting Services for CGI Group. He was a founding partner in a telecommunication consulting and IT project management startup company.
Dr. Ng held over 20 years in the professional designations as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Project Management Professional (PMP) and Stanford Certified Program Manager from Stanford University. Dr. Ng was a research fellow of the Ryerson Privacy and Cyber-Crime Research Institute; a member of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association in Ontario as well as a Senior Member with the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers.
Services to Scholarly, Research, and Community (SRC)
Plenary Speaker (upcoming October 2019) in the topic “5G Security: A Paradigm Shift and Rethinking of the Countermeasures to Risks and Vulnerabilities”, 11th Hong Kong Information Security Summit. Hong Kong
Speaker, (2019, three episodes: Apr, May, Jun) OMNI Television Media (Consultation, Focus Series) Subject Matter Expert on 5th Generation Cellular Mobile Communications (5G networks). Rogers Communications Inc.
Guest Lecturer (2019) for Doctoral and Master degree students at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (Mar 2019)
Guest Lecturer (2012, Professor Series) "A Holistic Approach in Information Security Assurance and Risk Management in an Enterprise." University of Manchester, Shanghai Campus (Aug 2012)
Program Committee Member, 2012
The 9th International Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems, Aug 2012
Conference paper reviewer, ASAC 2012 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada 2012 Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland
Symposium Chair, 2009
Information Assurance, Biometric Security and Business Continuity
IEEE Toronto International Conference – Science and Technology for Humanity, Sep 2009
Technical Committee Member, ISIP 2009
Second International Symposium on Information Processing, Aug 2009
Technical Committee Member, WCSE 2009
Second International Workshop on Computer Science and Engineering, Oct 2009
Committee Member, ISECS 2009
Conference 2009 International Symposium on Web Information Systems and Applications, May 2009
Session Chair, Applied Cryptography, ISECS 2008
International Symposium on Electronic Commerce and Security, Aug 2008
Executive Editor 2009
Journal of Electronics (proposal 2009)
Peer review papers
Ng, R., (2018). "Privacy and Efficacy of Electronic Health Records (EHRs): A Triangulation Study in Ontario, Canada" University of Manchester. UK, [Research grant funded by International Systems Audit and Control Association, Toronto Chapter. (ISACA) Ng, R., & Ng, C., (2012). Towards a framework of Information Assurance in the protection of Patient’s Privacy in Electronic Health Record (EHR), International Conference on Management and Service Science, Shanghai (to be presented in August 2012)Ng, R., & Dong,L. (2008). An Information Assurance Framework on Trusted Autonomic Communications. Conference Proceeding, IEEE on the International Symposium on Electronic Commerce and Security 2008 conference August 2008
Ng, R., & Dong, L. (2008). A Case Study: The Deficiency of Information Security Assurance Practice of a Financial Institute in the Protection of Privacy Information, Conference Proceeding, The First IEEE International Conference on Ubi-media Computing, July 2008
Ng, R. (2008) “A Holistic Approach to Information Security Assurance and Risk Management in an Enterprise”. In Gupta & Sharma, Handbook of research in information assurance and security Idea book, to be published in winter 2008
Ng, R., (1999) “Managing Project Execution: From Reluctant Clients to Overly Enthusiastic Clients” Project Management Institute, PMI ’99 Seminars & Symposium and Technical Program
Ng, R. & Bissonnette, A. (1999), "Broadening Information Access by Designing a Security Infrastructure" Pacific Telecommunications Council Conference (PTC) 1999, USA
Ng, R. & MarlyPetix, V (1998) “Virtual Classroom, Virtual Learners” Pacific Telecommunication Council Conference 1998
Ng, R. (1994) “The Importance of Computer Security to Developing Economics in Asia Pacific Region" The Pacific Telecommunications Conference 1994, Hawaii, USA
Ng, R. (1995) “Potential for Gaining Competitive Advantage by Exploiting Asynchronous Transfer Mode Technology” Master Degree Thesis, RMIT University, 1995