The Chief Information Security Officer is responsible for UW information security policy,
for coordinating efforts across the University, and for creating a culture of information security at the UW. This position was
created in 2005 in response to a recommendation by the University Technology Advisory Committee U-TAC.
The position raises awareness of computing security risks and allows the UW to plan strategically and respond at an institutional
level to the increasing number of attacks on UW computing resources.
This division is responsible for:
- Information Assurance. Ensuring information security and privacy policies and related initiatives are
coordinated across the UW. A culture of information assurance is fashioned at the UW through business intelligence and information
security and privacy risk awareness, which assists the University in strategically planning and responding, at an institutional level,
to unauthorized exposures of UW information. This unit oversees the creation and maintenance of University information security and
privacy policies, leads information assurance risk assessment efforts, advises the University on protective measures for information
including safeguards for personally identifiable information and intellectual property, is responsible for managing incidents involving
University’s confidential information, serves as chair of the Privacy Assurance and
Systems Security (PASS) Council, and leads a UW information security and privacy awareness and training programs.
- Security Services. Serving as the point of contact for all network abuse complaints relating to the
University networks, and receiving all information security incident reports. As part of the Office of CISO’s duties related to
conducting formal incident handling and investigation activities, the Security Services unit provides incident response and computer
forensic services. In addition, this unit is an institutional resource that provides information security consulting for critical- or
high-risk systems. In collaboration with the Information Assurance unit, this unit is responsible for managing incidents involving the
University’s critical systems.
Contact
Kirk Bailey
Associate Vice President
and
Chief Information Security Officer
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206-685-5475
UW Mailbox: 359530
