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“ They have made some really smart choices and done some really clever things ,” Kung adds . “ We ’ re now focused on adding enhancements and improvements over time . The one improvement we added for the cyber side was transparency .”
Cyber success is down to people For Kung , a cybersecurity professional with more than 20 years of experience in the industry , the key factor to driving a successful cybersecurity programme is down to the people .
As he explains , when joining AppLovin , the first thing he did was create an advisory programme to sit and talk to developers , establishing conversations and processes around when to introduce InfoSec checks .
“ We ’ d have a conversation around what the developers are working on to determine the best point in time for my team to conduct penetration tests ,” Kung says . “ And we ’ ll have regularly scheduled conversations to check in .”
In a fast-paced environment such as the technology industry , it ’ s also highly important not to sacrifice the speed of development . Having joined AppLovin following several cybersecurity roles at financial institutions , Kung is particularly aware of the differences between the east and west coast working in cybersecurity .
EXECUTIVE BIO
JEREMIAH KUNG
TITLE : GLOBAL HEAD OF INFORMATION SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE
INDUSTRY : COMPUTER SOFTWARE LOCATION : CALIFORNIA , US
Jeremiah Kung is AppLovin ’ s
Global Head of Information Security and Compliance . AppLovin enables developers to grow their business with a powerful set of industry-leading solutions . Jeremiah is a risk-based CyberSecurity and Technology executive with strong beliefs in innovation and partnership . He has led multiple digital transformations and has found that the constant drive to improve along with the business is the key factor to leading a successful security program in any company . Jeremiah is a results-oriented hands-on cybersecurity professional with 20 years of successful history of leading cybersecurity , data privacy and risk management programs for large , multi-national organisations and Fortune 500 companies including Bank of America , Capital One and Visa .