Steven Hernandez, MBA, CISSP, CSSLP, SSCP, CAP, CISA, HCISPP is the Chief Information Security Officer,
Director of Information Assurance for the Office of Inspector General at the US Department of Health and
Human Services. Hernandez has over nineteen years of progressive information assurance experience in
industries including international heavy manufacturing, global finance, higher education, and federal
Government agencies. Prior to Joining the HHS Inspector General’s office, he held senior information
assurance positions at the US Department of Education, the United States Department of Agriculture, and
at a National Security Administration Center of Academic Excellence Research Institution. Steven is
affiliate faculty at the National Information Assurance Training and Education Center located at Idaho
State University and an Honorary Professor at California State University San Bernardino. He lectures and
presents on numerous information assurance topics including risk management, information security
investment, and the implications of privacy decisions to a broad spectrum of government, industry,
graduate and post-graduate audiences. Steven is a member of (ISC)2's Board of Directors and
also volunteers service to (ISC)2's Government Advisory Board and Executive Writers Bureau.