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David A. Hoffman, Steed Family Professor of the Practice of Public Policy  

Office Location: 110 Sanford Building, Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: +1 919 613 7723
Duke Box: 90245
Email Address: david.hoffman@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    J.D., Duke University, 1993
    A.B., Hamilton College, 1991

    Teaching (Spring 2024):

    • Pubpol 255.01, Intro to cyber policy Synopsis
      Ffsc 2231, TuTh 11:45 AM-01:00 PM
    • Pubpol 552s.01, Cybersecurity & health policy Synopsis
      Sanford 102, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

    Recent Publications

    1. Hoffman, DA. "Increasing access to care: telehealth during COVID-19.." Journal of law and the biosciences 7.1 (January, 2020): lsaa043. [doi]  [abs]

    Highlight:

    Twitter - @hofftechpolicy

    David Hoffman is the Steed Family Professor of the Practice of Cybersecurity Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy. He also formerly was the Associate General Counsel, Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer for Intel Corporation.

    Hoffman currently chairs the Civil Liberties and Privacy Panel for the Director's Advisory Board for the US National Security Agency. He also chairs the board of the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law, and serves on the Advisory Boards for the Future of Privacy Forum and the Israel Tech Policy Institute. Hoffman also founded and chairs the board for the Triangle Privacy Research Hub, which highlights and fosters cybersecurity and privacy academic research done in the North Carolina Research Triangle.

    Hoffman previously served on the Department of Homeland Security’s Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee and the Board of Directors of the National Cyber Security Alliance. He has also served on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Online Access and Security Committee, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Cyber Security Commission, the Steering Committee for BBBOnline, the TRUSTe Board of Directors and the Board of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He is the author of many papers and articles on cybersecurity and privacy and has testified to Congress on these topics. Hoffman's research and teaching has been aided by funding from Intel Corporation, The Crypsis Group, The Media Trust, and Mine. 

    Hoffman has a JD from Duke Law School, where he was a member of the Duke Law Journal. He received an AB from Hamilton College.

    David A. Hoffman