Prof. Joe C.L. Chan is the Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Security Technology and Research Laboratory Company Limited (AdvSTAR Lab) and Adjunct Professor in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prior to the establishment of AdvSTAR Lab, he was the Director, Information Security of the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute founded by the Hong Kong Government.In the last 15 years, he led the R&D of various advanced information security technologies include patented hardware security token, email and cloud encryption systems, and multi-factor authentication technologies.Prof. Chan was devoted to the research and development of numerous data processing systems. These research and development activities include cryptosystems, DRM reverse engineering, semantics database systems, elevator control, distant video learning, audio compression, and many other areas. Prof. Chan has been granted 4 patents.Prof. Chan obtained his PhD degree in Electronic Engineering from City University London. He is also the holder of CISSP and CISA. Currently, he is the Vice-Chairman of Research in Cloud Security Alliance HK Chapter.