EP 188 - Jennifer Tiang - Regional Cyber Lead - Asia at Willis Towers Watson - Fighting Fires Alongside the Clients

The Asia Tech Podcast was graced with the pleasure of Jennifer Tiang's company. Jennifer is the Regional Cyber Lead - Asia at Willis Towers Watson.  The recently rebranded WTW provides "data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk and capital that make your organization more resilient, motivate your workforce, and maximize performance."

Some of the topics that Jennifer covered:

• Born and raised in New Zealand, based in Singapore
• Studied law and moved into the insurance broking business
• Studied Mandarin in Shanghai
• The macro change of insuring digital and non-tangible assets
• How risk is constantly being reassessed
• The importance of the data behind the risk analysis
• The significance of asking clients the wrong questions
• It is not just about insurance, it is about minimizing cybersecurity risk
• The need to consider financial, legal, and business interruption risks
• Having an advantage coming from a legal background
• Insurance for NFTs?

Other titles we may have considered for this episode:

1. Navigating Into Asia from the Bottom of the World
2. If You Know, You Know
3. It Is Not Binary Anymore
4. As Amorphous as Cybersecurity
5. Insuring Your Lifeblood, Your Data
6. You Can't Build Buildings That Are Not to Spec

The audio on this episode was expertly edited by Isabelle Goh.