Summary
Allen Own is a cyber security leader and entrepreneur with 12 years of hands-on experience in red teaming and building security organizations across Taiwan. As Co-Founder & CEO of DEVCORE and current Director of the Digital Trust Association, he blends technical offensive security expertise with strategic industry advocacy. He has steered the Association of Hackers in Taiwan from executive roles to chairman, helped run HITCON, and shapes national cybersecurity policy through roles at SEMI Taiwan and TiEA. Known for convening communities as much as for technical depth, he advances practical trust frameworks and incident readiness for enterprises and industry consortia. His academic background in information management complements a career that bridges research, community-driven knowledge sharing, and appliedAllen Own is a cyber security leader and entrepreneur with 12 years of hands-on experience in red teaming and building security organizations across Taiwan. As Co-Founder & CEO of DEVCORE and current Director of the Digital Trust Association, he blends technical offensive security expertise with strategic industry advocacy. He has steered the Association of Hackers in Taiwan from executive roles to chairman, helped run HITCON, and shapes national cybersecurity policy through roles at SEMI Taiwan and TiEA. Known for convening communities as much as for technical depth, he advances practical trust frameworks and incident readiness for enterprises and industry consortia. His academic background in information management complements a career that bridges research, community-driven knowledge sharing, and applied security practice.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Information Management, MS, Information Management at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
BS, Computer Science & information Engineering, BS, Computer Science & information Engineering at Fu Jen Catholic University
English, Chinese