Alex Song (@PlainSimpleAlex) is a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Product Manager at a major technology services provider ($bigTech) for the past 8 years, overseeing audit and privacy compliance initiatives for multiple product lines. Alex is also a member of its Security Incident Response team, managing potential security threats to the business.
Prior to entering $bigTech, Alex was an auditor for state government, ensuring public entity compliance with state and federal regulations and accurate financial reporting to deter and detect fraud, non-compliance, and abuse of public funds.
Alex’s experiences and certifications in financial and IT auditing, fraud examination, security incident response, web app security, open source intelligence, and penetration testing highlights his focus on preventing and stopping bad actors from exploiting organizations. Alex is currently seeking experiences in offensive security and insider threats.
You can find Alex at various security conferences in the PNW and Southwest volunteering as staff, playing a CTF, or creating new connections.
Alex can be reached at any of the linked social media, or on Signal (@PlainSimpleAlex.66)