About Allen Ohanian

Mr. Ohanian is the Chief Information Security Officer for Los Angeles (LA) County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), the largest child welfare institution in the nation. He has 20 years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity and defense strategies, risk management, forensics, privacy, compliance, cloud security, business continuity, and software engineering in the private and public sectors. Before DCFS, he served as the first Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer at LA County Counsel where he established an Information Security and Privacy program and ensured compliance with legal mandates. As a visionary and innovative Information Security Officer, Mr. Ohanian has architected and implemented cybersecurity and privacy programs from the ground up, interwoven cybersecurity into the business culture creating a security-conscious enterprise, and assertively achieved the organization’s mission of service excellence through outstanding leadership, governance, strategic planning, business acumen, and cost-saving transformation initiatives. Mr. Ohanian is an active member of various Cybersecurity taskforce and workgroups and leads and oversees the Countywide Risk Management Cybersecurity Team responsible for developing and implementing administrative, technical, and tactical strategies to assess and reduce cybersecurity risks to County information assets. Mr. Ohanian has been a keynote speaker and panel member in numerous conferences such as Interop, Los Angeles Government Summit, and National Cybersecurity Awareness seminars. In addition, he is a Ph.D. dissertation committee member for cybersecurity using Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Center for Information Systems & Technology Claremont Graduate University. Mr. Ohanian’s accomplishments in improving organizations’ cybersecurity posture has led to various excellence awards including multiple Information Security Officer of the year awards. Mr. Ohanian has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity and Business Administration. He is currently pursing Ph.D in I/O Psychology.