Auston has built a distinguished career and reputation as a recognized cyber-security industry expert. He is a highly sought-after industry speaker and was recently named to the prestigious Becker’s Review as “One of 32 CISO’s to Know in Healthcare 2018.” In addition to his role as CISO at HeartFlow, Auston serves part-time as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at San Jose State University, where he leads a class in cryptology and computer security.

Prior to joining HeartFlow, Auston served as Chief Information Security Officer at Stanford Children’s Health, where he was brought in to lead the company through recovery from multiple publicly reported breaches and bolster the security defense posture of the organization. His security expertise spans several industries from healthcare to high tech. His previous roles of note include Interim CISO and Director of Threat response and Investigations at Symantec, Director of Global Cyber-Security and Investigations at Visa USA, Inc. and Senior Technical Manager (Application Security) at Merrill Lynch. He is a proud 23-year veteran of the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserves.

He received his Master of Science degree in Computing Information Systems from Boston University and Bachelor of Arts Degree from San Jose State University.

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