Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer | John Muir Health

Tom August (CISSP, CPHIMS) is an award-winning CISO and respected industry leader with over 25 years of experience in Information Security, IT Auditing and Risk Management.   Tom has made a career of developing, implementing and managing financially-responsible cyber programs that effectively balance risk, regulatory requirements and strategic business goals.

Tom currently serves as Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer for John Muir Health, a nationally-recognized healthcare leader comprised of two acute care hospitals, a behavioral health center and community health practices located throughout the east San Francisco bay area.  As CISO, Tom has overall responsibility for assessing, measuring, addressing and reporting on technology risk and compliance matters across the entire health system.

Prior to joining John Muir, Tom served in leadership roles at Sharp Healthcare, Sony Corporation, Pacific Life Insurance Company, Deloitte and Ernst & Young.  Tom is a co-author of “The CISO Handbook”, an alumnus of the FBI CISO Academy, and a frequent presenter at healthcare and information security industry events.  Tom is widely-recognized for publishing a popular Information Security Buzzword Bingo Scorecard each year to highlight the need for more meaningful dialogue between information security professionals, vendors and business leaders.

Posted December 2019