Jason Hoffman is Kaiser Permanente’s Director of Information Security Assurance & Risk. He is responsible for development and delivery of Kaiser’s Enterprise Security Risk Management Framework and Program.

Jason has more than 17 years of experience in security, information technology, and audit. Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, he served as Vice President and Information Security Officer of Greater Bay Bank, N.A. (acquired by Wells Fargo Bank in 2007). He has also held security and audit positions at VeriSign, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank and the University of California, San Francisco.

Jason is also one of the founders of a talented working group of security executives and university professors that have volunteered for Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST) to create a college-level IT security curriculum that would bring information security education and awareness from the boardroom to the classroom. In 2006, he was the recipient of the Information Security Executive of the Year West People’s Choice Award, a selected finalist in the Information Security Executive of the Year West Award and nominated for the Information Security Executive of the Year National Award.

Jason has earned several accreditations and certifications in the information technology field, including CISSP, CISM, CISA, and CIA. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Legal Studies.