Ally Hoffman

Part-Time Lecturer

Ally Hoffman
  • Cybersecurity governance and risk management in regulated industries
  • AI governance, model risk, and oversight of intelligent systems
  • Digital assets, blockchain, and technology‑driven financial innovation
  • Supervisory and regulatory approaches to emerging technology risk 
  • PhD in Business Administration, Oklahoma State University
  • MS in Cybersecurity, Northeastern University 
  • BS in Business Administration, Boston University

Ally Hoffman is a part-time lecturer at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, where she developed and teaches graduate courses in cybersecurity governance and risk management, integrating real‑world supervisory experience with technical, organizational, and policy perspectives.

In her role as assistant vice president of Risk, Surveillance, and Policy at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, her work focuses on cybersecurity governance, technology‑driven risk, and the regulatory and supervisory frameworks that shape security practices in critical industries.

Hoffman’s professional background includes developing cyber policy and industry governance frameworks, with contributions to federal guidance such as the FFIEC authentication standards. She has served as an exam developer for the CISSP certification with (ISC)² and holds both the CISSP and CISA credentials. She speaks extensively on cybersecurity and digital‑asset risk at academic and industry venues, including invited lectures at Boston University, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Texas. She earned her PhD in Business Administration with a focus in data science from Oklahoma State University, where her research analyzed volatility in cryptocurrency and stablecoin markets.