Jeff Klaben is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for SRI International, a nonprofit, independent research and innovation center. He is also an Adjunct Professor with Santa Clara University’s College of Engineering. Jeff previously served as a Principal with Neohapsis, IT Group Director at SanDisk, CISO at Life Technologies, Engineering Group Director with Cadence Design Systems, and led Enterprise Architecture and IT Security at Applied Materials. He also led professional services delivery, product management, and start-up incubation at Accenture. He is co-author of The Computer Incident Response Planning Handbook and an inventor on several future U.S. patents.
Previously, Jeff chaired the San Francisco Bay Area InfraGard (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and public/private partnership dedicated to information sharing for critical infrastructure protection) and was recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice with awards for Dedicated Service and Exceptional Service in the Public Interest. He received the Belotti Award for Outstanding Business Policy in High Technology Firms from Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business. Jeff earned an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University, a B.S. in Information Systems from Wright State University, and the credentials of Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). See more at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/secure
