# Jason Clinton

Leadership · Deputy CISO at Anthropic · joined 2023

Spent about 12 years at Google securing Chrome infrastructure, ChromeOS and Android Pay.

Full profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/anthropic/people/jason-clinton

**At Anthropic:**
- Current: Deputy CISO
- Apr 2023: Chief Information Security Officer, Anthropic's first
Sources: [1](https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/speaker/jason-clinton) [2](https://www.rsaconference.com/experts/jason-clinton)

**Career before Anthropic:**
- nearly 12 years: Google, Led Chrome infrastructure security; earlier worked on ChromeOS and Android Pay
Sources: [1](https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/speaker/jason-clinton)

**Lesser-known facts:**
- Wrote Ruby Phrasebook and contributed to the GNOME project. [1](https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/speaker/jason-clinton) [2](https://www.rsaconference.com/experts/jason-clinton)
- Was Anthropic's first CISO and now serves as its deputy CISO. [1](https://www.clarin.com/us-news/the-next-18-to-24-months-could-be-the-most-intense-of-our-careers-an-anthropic-security-executives-warning-about-ai_0_EkEr0IDVhz.html) [2](https://www.rsaconference.com/experts/jason-clinton)
- Worked early in his career on digital coupons, Beowulf cluster computing and secure thin clients. [1](https://www.rsaconference.com/experts/jason-clinton)
- Predicted in April 2025 that AI virtual employees, with their own memories and company logins, would arrive within a year. [1](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-ai-agents-prediction)
- Told DEF CON in 2026 that an open-weights model with Mythos-level offensive cyber capabilities was "approximately three to six months away." [1](https://www.clarin.com/us-news/the-next-18-to-24-months-could-be-the-most-intense-of-our-careers-an-anthropic-security-executives-warning-about-ai_0_EkEr0IDVhz.html)
- Warned that security teams face "roughly 18 to 24 months of pain" as AI shifts how cybersecurity operates. [1](https://www.clarin.com/us-news/the-next-18-to-24-months-could-be-the-most-intense-of-our-careers-an-anthropic-security-executives-warning-about-ai_0_EkEr0IDVhz.html)
- Calls Anthropic's equity pledge program "the principal reason that I left Google for Anthropic." [1](https://x.com/JasonDClinton/status/2111944917840994774)

**Interviews and talks:**
- [SafeBreach podcast: Anthropic's CISO guide to agentic AI (2026)](https://www.safebreach.com/podcast/anthropic-ciso-guide-agentic-ai-insider-threat/)
- [Confidential Computing on the Scaling Laws Curve (2026)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bpL2KZXF2E)
- [Databricks Data + AI Summit: The New CISO Mandate (2026)](https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/speaker/jason-clinton)

**Known for:**
- Ruby Phrasebook (author)
- Lessons from Enterprise GenAI Adoption Journeys (co-author)
Sources: [1](https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit/speaker/jason-clinton)

Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-10-18. Everyone at Anthropic: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/anthropic/people