Ally Hoffman

Part-Time Lecturer

  • Information security governance, risk, and compliance 
  • 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. She earned her bachelor’s in business administration from Boston University and her master’s in cybersecurity from Northeastern University. 

She is also a senior risk specialist in banking supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, where she specializes in evaluating IT and cybersecurity risk at financial institutions. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve, Hoffman spent four years in the technology risk advisory practice at Ernst and Young in Boston. She holds several certifications including the Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Information Systems Security Professional. 

Hoffman’s research focuses on cyber threats to the financial services industry, particularly vulnerabilities in emerging technologies and their impact on the banking system. She also studies the role of policy and legal enforcement in the advancement of cybersecurity.  

She grew up in Tyler, Texas.