Eric Leong Earns Anthropic Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCA-F) Certification
Simply Data is proud to announce that Eric Leong, our Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering, has successfully earned the Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCA-F) certification from Anthropic — the AI safety company behind Claude, one of the world’s leading large language models.
Eric passed the CCA-F examination with a score of 747 out of 1,000, demonstrating expert-level proficiency in designing and architecting AI solutions using Claude — covering prompt engineering, tool use, multi-agent orchestration, responsible AI deployment, and enterprise AI architecture patterns.
What Is the CCA-F Certification?
The Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCA-F) is Anthropic’s official professional certification programme for AI architects and engineers. It validates the ability to design, build, and deploy production-grade AI solutions using Claude — including agentic workflows, tool integrations, and responsible AI governance.
As one of the first Malaysian cybersecurity professionals to hold this credential, Eric joins a select group of Anthropic-certified architects globally. The certification is independently verifiable at verify.skilljar.com.
Why This Matters for Simply Data Clients
Simply Data has been at the forefront of AI-powered cybersecurity in Malaysia. Our Agentic AI SOC and SD Unified Platform already deploy Claude-based AI agents for L1 and L2 alert triage, threat investigation, and automated incident response — capabilities that reduce analyst workload and dramatically cut mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR).
Eric’s CCA-F certification formally validates the architectural expertise behind these products. It means Simply Data clients benefit from certified AI architecture, responsible AI deployment with human-in-the-loop guardrails, and future-proof SOC capabilities as the technology advances.
Eric Leong’s Certification Portfolio
- CCIE — Enterprise Infrastructure (Cisco No. 39022)
- CISSP — Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 No. 478076)
- CEH v12 — Certified Ethical Hacker (EC-Council)
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Internal Auditor
- CCA-F — Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (Anthropic | June 2026 | Score: 747/1000) — New
- CIS Benchmark Author for Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks NGFWs
AI-Powered Cybersecurity: Simply Data Direction
The CCA-F achievement reflects Simply Data’s broader strategic commitment: integrating frontier AI into cybersecurity operations without compromising safety, explainability, or compliance. As NACSA and Bank Negara Malaysia’s RMiT frameworks increasingly address AI governance in financial and critical infrastructure sectors, having Anthropic-certified expertise in-house positions Simply Data to guide clients through both the opportunity and the risk.
Our Agentic AI SOC is already live for selected clients, reducing L1 alert triage time while maintaining full human oversight on all escalations. The SD Unified Platform extends this further, combining AI threat hunting, automated response playbooks, and unified visibility across endpoint, network, and cloud.
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