Jason Hoffman, CISSP, CISM, CISA

Vice President, Technology
Security Innovation Network (SINET)

Jason Hoffman is an accomplished, information technology, security, and risk management leader with a compelling record of success over his 19 year career working for large, complex organizations in the healthcare, financial services and high-tech industries.

Mr. Hoffman is currently Vice President of Technology for the Security Innovation Network (SINET), founded in San Francisco to enable increased collaboration between public and private entities to defeat global cyber security threats. Mr. Hoffman has also served on SINET's IT Security Entrepreneurs' Forum (ITSEF) Steering Committee since its inception. Mr. Hoffman is also CEO of Visionary Intelligence, a consulting firm he founded to help companies build and mature their information security and risk management programs.

Prior to SINET, Mr. Hoffman was Kaiser Permanente’s Director of Information Security Assurance and Risk Management. He was responsible for development and delivery of Kaiser's enterprise security risk management program, as well as, its security awareness and training program.

Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, Mr. Hoffman served as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) 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.

Mr. Hoffman 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, Mr. Hoffman 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.

Mr. Hoffman 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.