During this online event, Versant Health Vice President (VP) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Auston Davis will share his experiences and perspectives as a leader in the cybersecurity industry.

Auston has built a distinguished reputation as a recognized cybersecurity industry expert. He is a highly sought-after industry speaker and was named in the prestigious Becker’s Review as "One of 32 CISO’s to Know in Healthcare 2018 and 2020." Most recently, he was named as a finalist for Cyber Defense Magazine’s Top Global CISO 2022. 

Auston is an adjunct professor at San Jose State University.  He was also part of Stanford University IT's Computer Resource Consulting (CRC) team early in his career. 

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This event is part of the Stanford People of Color in IT (POC-IT) Speaker Series, which has the goal to create connections and increase a sense of belonging in the community. In this series, speakers share their career journeys as a person of color in the IT space. We hope that some or all parts of the stories resonate with the IT community, and inspire you along your career path.

Stanford POC-IT is a university-wide affinity group that advances representation, engagement, and support of people of any color in technology roles at Stanford. This program is part of Stanford IDEAL IT, which provides innovative approaches for increasing diversity, inclusion, equity, and access across Stanford IT.