Cong Xiang Ling
About Cong Xiang Ling
Cong Xiang Ling is the Director of Product Security at MoneyLion in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with extensive experience in security engineering and web development.
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Cong Xiang Ling is currently serving as the Director of Product Security at MoneyLion in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Career at MoneyLion
Cong Xiang Ling has held multiple roles at MoneyLion. He started as a Senior Security Researcher from 2019 to 2020, followed by his role as Principal Security Engineer from 2020 to 2023. He then advanced to his current position as Director of Product Security.
Previous Roles
Before joining MoneyLion, Cong Xiang Ling worked at Mindvalley as a Full Stack Web Developer from 2018 to 2019 and as a Junior Web Developer from 2017 to 2018. He also served at Quintiq, a Dassault Systèmes company, as a Security Quality Engineer from 2016 to 2017 and as a Quality Engineer from 2015 to 2016. Additionally, he worked briefly as a Graduate Research Assistant at Multimedia University in 2015.
Education and Expertise
Cong Xiang Ling studied Information Technology at Multimedia University, where he earned his Bachelor of IT (Hons) in Security Technology from 2012 to 2015. He has conceptualized a practical attack tree threat modeling methodology and guides the development of an internal Security GitOps platform using idiomatic Golang programming practices.
Initiatives and Contributions
Cong Xiang Ling has been instrumental in scaling the Security GitOps platform at MoneyLion amidst growing complexity. He also propagates application security initiatives across product and engineering teams, integrating security seamlessly into product release schedules.