About The Cybersecurity and Privacy Program

The Cybersecurity and Privacy Program provides resources and events that are created by, and for, the higher education cybersecurity and privacy communities.

Major areas of focus of the program include:

• Coordinating the Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference and other professional learning events.
• Revising and refining the Cybersecurity and Privacy Guide, which provides effective practices and timely guidance on hot topics for colleges and universities.
• Developing and promoting tools to help campuses improve their cybersecurity and privacy programs.
• Fostering communication and networking within the community.
• Providing cybersecurity and privacy expertise on issues of public policy affecting higher education.

Cybersecurity and Privacy Advisory Committee

The Cybersecurity and Privacy Advisory Committee, previously known as the HEISC Advisory Committee, is responsible for ensuring progress in meeting the strategic priorities of the program. To accomplish this, the committee creates and monitors working groups and sponsors other activities, annually reviews the strategic priorities to see if changes are needed, and annually sets objectives for the working groups that will produce tangible outcomes furthering the goals of the council.

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  Jon Allen
  Associate Vice President CIO & CISO, Baylor University
  HECVAT Users Community Group Co-Chair
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  Nichole Arbino
  Senior Program Manager, EDUCAUSE
  EDUCAUSE Staff Liaison
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  Wendy Battles
  Cybersecurity Awareness Advisor, Yale University
  Awareness and Education Community Group Co-Chair
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  Chris Cashmere
  Risk, Compliance, and Privacy Manager, University of Nebraska
  Privacy Community Group Co-Chair
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  Louis Daher
  Data Security Analyst - Michigan Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  Regulated Information Security Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
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  Wendy Epley
  Principal Analyst, Information Security, The University of Arizona
  Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference Program Committee Co-Chair
  Regulated Information Security Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
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  Charlie Escue
  Extended Information Security Manager, Indiana University
  HECVAT Users Community Group Co-Chair
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  Isaac Galvan
  Community Program Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy, EDUCAUSE
  EDUCAUSE Staff Liaison
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  Joshua Gonzalez
  Chief Privacy Officer, Ohio University
  Privacy Community Group Co-Chair
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  Chris Gregg
  CISO, University of St. Thomas
  Higher Education Chief Information Security Officers Community Group Co-Chair
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  Sean Hagan
  Chief Information Security Officer, Michigan Technological University
  Governance, Risk, and Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
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  Tom Horton
  Chief Information Security Officer, Weill Cornell Medical College
  Advisory Committee Co-Chair
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  Jennie Kennedy
  Chief Privacy and Data Protection officer, University of Texas System
  Higher Education Chief Privacy Officers Community Group Co-Chair
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  Stacy Lee
  Security Operations Technical Program Manager, Stanford University
  Technologies, Operations, and Practices Community Group Co-Chair
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  Nick Lewis
  Program Manager for Security and Identity, Internet2
  Internet2 Liaison
• Alex Lindstrom
  Vendor Services Risk & Program Manager, Stanford University
  Governance, Risk, and Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
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  Ron Loneker
  Director, IT Special Projects, Saint Elizabeth University
  Regulated Information Security Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
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  Alexander Magid
  Information Privacy and Compliance Analyst, VCISO, Compass IT Compliance
  Higher Education Chief Privacy Officers Community Group Co-Chair
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  Mark Napier
  Deputy Dir IT/ Chief Info Privacy and Security Officer, Indiana University Bloomington
  Awareness and Education Community Group Co-Chair
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  Anthony Newman
  Executive Director, REN-ISAC
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  Pegah Parsi
  Chief Privacy Officer, University of California San Diego
  Advisory Committee Co-Chair
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  Masood Sidiqyar
  Sr. Director, Information Security, Vanderbilt University
  Governance, Risk, and Compliance Community Group Co-Chair
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  John Virden
  AVP, Chief Information Security Officer, Miami University
  Higher Education Chief Information Security Officers Community Group Co-Chair
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  Andrew Weisskopf
  Chief Information Security Officer, Michigan State University
  Technologies, Operations, and Practices Community Group Co-Chair
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  Mark Werling
  Chief Privacy Officer, Indiana University
  Privacy Community Group Co-Chair
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  Ann West
  Associate Vice President, Trust and Identity, Internet2
  Internet2/InCommon Liaison
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  Ben Woelk
  Governance, Awareness, and Training Manager, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference Program Committee Co-Chair