About Bob Chaput
Board Advisor
A trusted advisor and confidant to entire boards and board committees responsible for enterprise cyber risk management oversight. Author of go-to resources for C-suite executives and board directors.
Independent Board Member
Experienced, highly credentialed, financially literate, and skilled executive leader with a proven track record establishing, implementing, and maturing enterprise cyber risk management (ECRM) programs in healthcare and other industries.
MEET BOB CHAPUT, NACD.DC
MA, CISSP, CCP, HCISPP, CRISC, CIPP/US, C|EH
NACD CERT Cyber Risk Oversight
Bob Chaput is a leading authority on cybersecurity and enterprise cyber risk management. He is passionate about helping organizations and their supply chains safeguard sensitive information by establishing robust and proactive enterprise cyber risk management programs. In addition to Enterprise Cyber Risk Management as A Value Creator: Leverage Cybersecurity for Competitive Advantage, he wrote Stop the Cyber Bleeding: What Healthcare Executives and Board Members Must Know About Enterprise Cyber Risk Management (ECRM).
Chaput is the founder, former CEO, and former Executive Chairman of Clearwater Security, an award-winning regulatory compliance, cyber risk management, and managed security services solutions provider. He has worked with board members and C-suite executives at dozens of organizations, including Fortune 100 organizations and agencies within the federal government.
Alongside his advisory work, Chaput is dedicated to educating industry leaders about cyber risk management through articles, presentations, and webinars. He was a contributing author to three other books: Wolters Kluwer’s Health Law and Compliance Update, the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)’s Health Care Risk Management Fundamentals, and IntechOpen’s Electronic Health Records Issues and Challenges in Healthcare Systems. His insights about cyber risk management have also been published in dozens of periodicals, including Modern Healthcare, CISO Mag, the Health Care Compliance Association’s Compliance Today, HealthITSecurity, HealthcareInfoSecurity (Information Security Media Group), and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Pro Cybersecurity.
Chaput has given presentations on the topic of cybersecurity and cyber risk management at numerous industry conferences.
With more than 40 years of experience in the field, Chaput has earned numerous risk management, privacy, and security professional certifications. Chaput was named to Cybercrime Magazine’s Who's Who in Cybersecurity for 2025/2026 and their Cybersecurity Pundits: 2025 List of Industry Experts.