AJ Dumanhug, the 25-year-old Co-founder and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Secuna, the Philippines’ largest cybersecurity testing platform, has been appointed as the new company Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He will be replacing Iannis Hanen, the former CEO of Friendster and iScale Solutions until his appointment to lead Secuna last October 2019.
With the leadership of Dumanhug, Secuna will continue to pursue providing world-class, effective, scalable, and cost-effective cybersecurity solutions that are not just within reach of multinational companies but of startups and SMEs. The young ethical hacker will also be responsible for driving business growth and overseeing all operations across the Philippines and the Asia Pacific markets.
As Secuna’s Co-founder and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Dumanhug was responsible for establishing and maintaining a corporate-wide information security management program to ensure the information assets of its clients are adequately protected through its platform.
Dumanhug is a cybersecurity mentor for startups through Ideaspace Philippines, a Highly Technical Consultant for the National Privacy Commission, and a part-time Infosec Training Instructor at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde SPaCE. He also worked as a full-time consultant for the University of the Philippines System under UP Information Technology Development Center (ITDC). He actively participates in bug bounties by legally hacking companies that offer cash rewards for finding and reporting valid bug reports. In 2019, he and other hackers were invited to a private live hacking tournament hosted by Facebook and Google in Singapore, landing him in 7th place after discovering, reporting multiple bugs, and providing the best-written report for the social media platform.
“I am delighted to be the CEO of Secuna at a critical time when companies need to embrace cybersecurity at the core level of their businesses. As a co-founder, I’ve had the privilege of seeing firsthand how Secuna’s innovation is responding to organizations’ cybersecurity needs with its unique penetration test approach tapping the best ethical hackers across the globe. As demand to protect corporate and essential data escalates amid an evolving threat landscape, Secuna is the best penetration test platform to address these challenges,” said Dumanhug.
Secuna is the Philippines’ first and only crowdsourced cybersecurity testing platform that has a community of hundreds of the world’s most advanced and highly-vetted cybersecurity professionals and ethical hackers. The company offers managed services that help in setting-up ISO-compliant Security Vulnerability Disclosure Program and Bug Bounty Program to receive and act on vulnerabilities discovered by cybersecurity professionals. They also offer compliance services through a comprehensive, modern, and ISO-compliant Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) tailored-fit for apps and websites that have never been tested for cybersecurity flaws or for businesses that are required of third-party assessment reports by government agencies.
Among the esteemed clients of Secuna are Dashlabs, QuadX, UBx, Kumu, Paymongo, and Palawan Express.