SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 24, 2026--
AviaGames today announced the opening of its Global Trust Center in Singapore, a dedicated hub for advancing security and data protection for players across its portfolio of skill-based, real-money games. Dr. Jan Wang, Chief Information Security Officer, AviaGames, will oversee the entity, bringing experience from security leadership roles at highly regulated organizations such as AWS (Amazon Web Services) to build a high-performance cybersecurity team and lead complex international regulatory engagements. The new center reinforces AviaGames’ commitment to safeguarding player data and digital assets while delivering a seamless, high-quality gaming experience.
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“Singapore serves as a strategic crossroads for global regulatory excellence,” said Vickie Chen, Founder and CEO, AviaGames. “We are confident in Dr. Jan Wang’s leadership as we take this major step in our global expansion and our efforts to ensure secure and trustworthy gaming experience to our players.”
The Global Trust Center is designed to strengthen AviaGames’ global cybersecurity infrastructure and unify data protection standards across jurisdictions. By synthesizing data sovereignty mandates within a cohesive security framework, AviaGames aims to protect its tens of millions of players worldwide while ensuring fair and reliable gameplay.
“We are pioneering the future of fully agentic cybersecurity and data compliance through our Global Trust Center,” said Dr. Jan Wang. “AviaGames can navigate complex global regulations with speed and precision to build an automated, agile infrastructure that minimizes operational disruptions and I look forward to working with local partners to strengthen player trust.”
AviaGames specializes in skill-based games, where outcomes are determined by a player’s precision and mastery, rather than chance, to create a fair and engaging environment. As AviaGames’ global player community continues to grow, the company continues to invest in security and advanced protections to ensure fast, accurate payouts. By ensuring robust protection of player data, transactions and in-game environments, AviaGames creates a foundation for a top-tier skill-based gameplay and seamless payout experience, allowing players to play with confidence.
AviaGames is hiring local talent in Singapore to support the Global Trust Center’s operations and strengthen global security capabilities. For more information on job openings and to apply to join the team, reach out to talent@aviagames.com. To learn more about AviaGames, visit aviagames.com.
About AviaGames
Avia is the go-to destination for casual mobile gaming entertainment and is the publisher of Pocket7Games, a unified gaming platform, and other individual top apps including "Solitaire Clash", "Bingo Tour'' and "8 Ball Strike". Quick to play and win, Avia mobile games are designed for players of all skill levels, from casual gamers to hardcore enthusiasts. Avia gaming offerings include 15+ unique, skill-based games linked to a single membership and joint account system, allowing players to seamlessly switch among casual puzzle, action, card and strategy games. Avia is committed to providing an inclusive platform for players to have fun playing their favorite titles.
Cybersecurity and privacy expert Dr. Jan Wang has been appointed to oversee the AviaGames Global Trust Center
HONOLULU (AP) — Crews on Tuesday began evaluating damage from a surprise downpour that sent floodwaters raging through a neighborhood near downtown Honolulu — the latest bout in a series of storms and flooding that have pummeled the state over the past two weeks.
Residents along Oahu's North Shore, famous for its big wave surfing, were cleaning up from the worst flooding to hit Hawaii in two decades when a storm Monday unleashed several inches of rain on the southern part of the island. Reddish-brown torrents gushed along roads in the Manoa Valley, a few miles east of downtown Honolulu, sweeping away parked cars and swamping much of the neighborhood.
“I was shocked to see how much flash flooding there was in my area,” said resident Andrew Phomsouvanh, who recorded video of streets transformed into a confluence of rapids. “The water just keeps coming.”
Natalie Aczon had gone to the drugstore to pick up some medication for her mother on Monday. By the time she left the store some 15 minutes later, water was roaring down the street next to the shopping center.
“People came running out from Longs and one of the guys actually said, ‘That’s my white car.’ And it had elevated,” she said.
The ferocity of Monday's downpour even took National Weather Service meteorologists aback. They knew that lingering instability from a powerful winter storm system called a “Kona low” could yield more rain, but their models aren't good at predicting how much moisture can remain in such systems, said forecaster Cole Evans.
“When you think it's over it's not quite over,” he said Tuesday.
The downpour, which dumped 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) of rain per hour, was highly localized: One rain gauge in the upper part of the valley recorded 6 inches (15 centimeters), while the airport a few miles away got just one-hundredth of an inch (less than a millimeter).
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi called it a “classic rain bomb,” and he said that earlier in the day, the skies were sunny.
“We had no warning,” he said Tuesday as he toured the damage.
The Kona low was moving off to the east, Evans said, and it should not pose further risk of bursts like Monday's burst. Flood watches were in effect for parts of Maui and the Big Island.
There were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries, but authorities said hundreds of homes on Oahu's North Shore had been damaged by last week's flooding, which came as heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week earlier.
More than 230 people had to be rescued. The water pushed houses off their foundations, floated cars out of parking spots and left walls, floor and counters covered with thick, reddish volcanic mud.
Evacuation orders covered 5,500 people north of Honolulu, and some residents fled on surfboards as water reached waist or chest high.
Farms around the state reported more than $9.4 million worth of damage as of Monday, according to a survey conducted by Agriculture Stewardship Hawaii, the Hawaii Farm Bureau and other organizations.
Even before Monday, Gov. Josh Green said the cost of the storm could top $1 billion, including damage to airports, schools, roads, homes and a Maui hospital in Kula. He called it the state’s most serious since flooding since 2004, when floods in Manoa inundated homes and a University of Hawaii library.
Green's office said Tuesday he had submitted a major disaster declaration request to the Trump administration.
Molly Pierce, a spokesperson for the Oahu Emergency Management Agency, said that in addition to volunteers and public workers who have been cleaning up, a contract company had arrived to begin collecting, sorting and removing large piles of debris.
She called the storm system “extremely unusual” but that officials were cautiously optimistic Tuesday that the rains are finally ending.
“Most of us have not seen something that just keeps going like this,” Pierce said. “We feel like we keep getting punched down. But we'll keep getting back up.”
The intensity and frequency of heavy rains in Hawaii have increased amid human-caused global warming, experts say.
Johnson reported from Seattle. Associated Press writer Mark Thiessen in Anchorage, Alaska, and Gabriela Aoun Angueira in San Diego contributed to this report.
Excavators place debris onto trucks at a roundabout turned debris triage point by residents after the flood in Waialua, Hawaii Monday, March 23, 2026. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
