People & Culture

Includes leadership, change management, training, digital skills, community spotlights (includes UC Tech Leaders)

UC Tech Conference 2024 – Oct 27-29 – REGISTER NOW

UC Tech Registration open

The registration link for the 2024 UC Tech Annual Conference is live! Spots will fill up fast, so be sure to register soon to secure your spot. 

UC Tech Conference 2024

Sunday, October 27 – Tuesday, October 29, 2024Host:…
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Damian Luna Joins UC Office of the President to Develop Security Risk Assessment Unit

Damian Luna, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Cyber Risk Assessment Unit Manager

According to the 2023 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45M. This is one reason companies and organizations perform regular security risk assessments, which typically involve identifying, assessing, and…
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Process Palooza 2024 Registration, August 21-22 – REGISTER NOW

Process Palooza August 21-22, 2024

Process Palooza, hosted by UC San Diego, is a high-energy collaborative experience showcasing the power of continuous improvement. Come join the two-day program, August 21-22, 2024, at UC San Diego. Registration for Process Palooza 2024 is filling up fast, so…
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UC Tech Academy: Lead From Where You Are Program  

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The Lead From Where you Are program is for individual contributors and managers. Maximizing Organizational Resources (MOR) Associates created this program, and it is being offered to UC Tech community members who are interested in the program themselves or who…
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UC Tech Academy: Digital Risk Leadership Program 

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The UC Tech Digital Risk Leadership Program strengthens the university’s digital defense by providing advanced leadership training for senior UC professionals in disciplines that collaborate on digital and cyber risk, including security, privacy, legal, audit, law enforcement, risk, compliance and…
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UC Tech Academy: Applied Intelligence Mentorship Program  

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The Applied Intelligence Mentorship Program provides cyber security professionals the skills they need to improve existing Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) products and work streams, while developing professional networks with peers for ongoing collaboration. This program is part of the UC…
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UC Santa Cruz graduate Kristina Dvorak’s insights on Cisco as an employer that values career growth

Dvorak: At Cisco, the environment encourages us to think about where we want to be in the future, rather than being confined to one role indefinitely.

In this interview, Kristina Dvorak, a recent graduate from UC Santa Cruz, provides insights into her successful job search process and her career at Cisco. She shares perspectives on what she values in her manager and her employer, who support…
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The UC Tech Conference – meet its ambassadors – 42 years strong

The UC Tech Conference was founded in 1982 with the first UC-wide tech community conference, held at UC Santa Cruz. Since then, the conference has grown in popularity to include over 1000 viewers (about 400 in-person and 700 online). Each…
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