https://leesiangfong.com/blog/ AI, security and IT in plain English, by Scott Lee Siang Fong.en-MY https://leesiangfong.com/blog/senangai-what-we-are-building/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/senangai-what-we-are-building/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhy I started Kognosys and what SenangAI does: governed AI with Enterprise Memory, permission-aware answers, model choice and an audit trail. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/sovereign-ai-malaysia/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/sovereign-ai-malaysia/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhat sovereign AI means in plain English, why it matters, and what Malaysia is doing about it: ILMU, the RM2 billion sovereign cloud, AI Malaysia and new AI laws. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/zero-dollar-tech-stack/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/zero-dollar-tech-stack/Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTA $0 tech stack for a small business: free email, website, CRM, invoicing, design and passwords, with each free plan's real limits stated plainly for 2026. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/vector-databases-explained/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/vector-databases-explained/Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTVector databases explained simply: what vectorised data and embeddings are, how similarity search works, when you need a vector database and how to choose one. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/ai-governance-guide/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/ai-governance-guide/Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhat AI governance means, the EU AI Act timeline, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 and Malaysia's AIGE guidelines, plus simple first steps for any business. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/multimodal-ai-explained/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/multimodal-ai-explained/Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTMultimodal AI explained in plain English: what it is, how it handles text, images and audio together, real business uses, and the risks to plan for. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/ai-infrastructure-guide/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/ai-infrastructure-guide/Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTA plain guide to AI infrastructure: GPUs and compute, data pipelines, cloud vs on-prem vs hybrid, controlling cost, and what NVIDIA's Rubin platform is. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/tea-app-breach-lessons/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/tea-app-breach-lessons/Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMTWhat the July 2025 Tea app breach exposed, how an unsecured storage bucket caused it, and the privacy lessons for any app that collects IDs or selfies. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/outage-business-continuity-lessons/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/outage-business-continuity-lessons/Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMTWhat happened in the July 2025 Starlink and Yahoo Mail outages, and the practical business continuity steps any company can take to avoid being stuck. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/immutable-backups-ransomware/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/immutable-backups-ransomware/Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMTWhat immutable backups are, why ransomware attackers go after your backups first, and a simple 3-2-1-1-0 plan any small or mid-sized business can follow. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/cyberattack-response-plan/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/cyberattack-response-plan/Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMTA simple cyberattack response plan for small and mid-sized businesses in Malaysia: what to prepare, the first hours, who to call, and PDPA reporting deadlines. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/ai-and-cybersecurity/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/ai-and-cybersecurity/Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMTHow AI helps security teams, how attackers misuse it, and how to secure your own chatbots and AI tools against prompt injection and data leaks. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/zero-trust-explained/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/zero-trust-explained/Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTZero trust security in plain English: what it means, the core principles from NIST and CISA, and a step-by-step way for a small or mid-sized firm to start. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/serverless-computing-explained/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/serverless-computing-explained/Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTWhat serverless computing is, how it is billed, where it saves money and where it doesn't. A plain guide with real limits from AWS Lambda's own docs. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/edge-ai-explained/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/edge-ai-explained/Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTEdge AI runs AI models on local devices instead of the cloud. Learn how it works, when it beats the cloud, the trade-offs, and how to start a small pilot. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/cloud-native-security-best-practices/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/cloud-native-security-best-practices/Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTPractical cloud-native security best practices for containers, Kubernetes, secrets, pipelines and monitoring, explained for busy teams in Southeast Asia. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/ai-in-devops/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/ai-in-devops/Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTWhere AI genuinely helps in DevOps, what the 2025 DORA research found about speed and stability, and the guardrails to put in place before you rely on it. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/16-billion-passwords-leak/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/16-billion-passwords-leak/Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTThe June 2025 '16 billion passwords' leak was mostly old infostealer logs, not a new hack. Here is what happened, the real risk, and what to do. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/data-breach-guide/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/data-breach-guide/Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTWhat a data breach is, how breaches happen, what they cost, the PDPA rules Malaysian firms must follow, and simple steps to prevent and respond to one. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/llm-roadmap-for-beginners/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/llm-roadmap-for-beginners/Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTA plain, step-by-step LLM roadmap for beginners: the basics, prompting, APIs, RAG, simple agents and safety, with free resources and what to build at each stage. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/enterprise-ai-roadmap/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/enterprise-ai-roadmap/Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTA plain, step-by-step enterprise AI roadmap: pick the right problem, fix your data, run a pilot, add governance, go live and keep AI working after launch. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/what-is-ai-reasoning/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/what-is-ai-reasoning/Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTAI reasoning models think step by step before answering. Learn how they work, what the evidence shows, when to switch reasoning on, and when it just costs more. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/fmcg-mobile-apps-daily-engagement/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/fmcg-mobile-apps-daily-engagement/Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMTHow to build FMCG mobile apps people actually open: loyalty that is easy to earn, useful daily features, respectful push notifications and PDPA-safe data use. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/vertical-vs-horizontal-llms/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/vertical-vs-horizontal-llms/Sat, 31 May 2025 12:00:00 GMTHorizontal LLMs are generalists; vertical LLMs are tuned for one industry. Learn the trade-offs, when each makes sense, and why most firms should start general. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/observability-vs-monitoring/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/observability-vs-monitoring/Sat, 31 May 2025 12:00:00 GMTMonitoring tells you something is wrong. Observability helps you find out why. A plain guide, plus data observability for teams that rely on dashboards. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/rag-vs-ai-agents-vs-agentic-rag/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/rag-vs-ai-agents-vs-agentic-rag/Fri, 30 May 2025 12:00:00 GMTRAG looks things up, AI agents take actions, agentic RAG plans its own searches. Learn the difference, see business examples, and pick the right one. https://leesiangfong.com/blog/ai-agent-vs-chatbot/https://leesiangfong.com/blog/ai-agent-vs-chatbot/Fri, 30 May 2025 12:00:00 GMTA chatbot answers questions. An AI agent plans steps and uses tools to finish a task. See the difference, real examples, and how to start agentic workflows.