Mars Cheng (@marscheng_) leads TXOne Networks' PSIRT and Threat Research Team as Threat Research Manager, coordinating product security initiatives and threat research efforts. He is also the Executive Director for the Association of Hackers in Taiwan (HIT/HITCON) and General Coordinator of HITCON CISO Summit 2024, facilitating collaboration between enterprises and the government to bolster the cybersecurity landscape. Mars is a frequent speaker and trainer at numerous prestigious international cybersecurity conferences and has presented over 50 times, including Black Hat USA/Europe/MEA, RSA Conference, DEF CON, CODE BLUE, FIRST, HITB, HITCON, Troopers, NOHAT, SecTor, SINCON, ROOTCON, ICS Cyber Security Conference Asia and USA, CYBERSEC, CLOUDSEC, VXCON, and many others. His expertise spans ICS/SCADA systems, malware analysis, threat intelligence and hunting, and enterprise security. Mars has made significant contributions to the cybersecurity community, including authoring more than ten CVE-IDs and publishing in three SCI journals on applied cryptography. Mars has successfully organized several past HITCON events, including HITCON CISO Summit 2023, HITCON PEACE 2022, HITCON 2021, and HITCON 2020.
