February 3, 2026 All Articles, Announcements/Events, Spotlights
The Information Technology Policy and Security Community of Interest (ITPS) is a systemwide, CISO-supported group of more than 700 UC professionals dedicated to strengthening cybersecurity through collaboration and information sharing. Working across the UC…
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June 6, 2025 All Articles, Artificial Intelligence, Spotlights
On Thursday, May 29, 2025, the BruinTech Spring Conference was held at Royce Hall, bringing together UCLA IT professionals and staff for a full day of presentations, workshops, and discussions. The agenda included keynote talks, breakout sessions, and opportunities for…
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March 14, 2018 All Articles, Spotlights 0
By Alison Spencer. Jon C. Meyer’s job has taken him to Palau, Thailand, India, and Australia, among other places. “Pretty much anywhere with a coast, I’ve gotten a chance to go,” said Meyer. He travels around the world to transport…
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February 14, 2018 All Articles, Spotlights 5
By Alexa Rivetti. Meet UCOP’s Julie Goldstein, cyber-risk IT security analyst, and Eric Goodman, identity access management lead – two people with 19 and 27 years of service at UC respectively, and 27 years of marriage together! Q: How…
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November 8, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 0
By Alison Spencer. At UC San Diego, academic advisors now get help from a data model to guide students toward a timely graduation. Jonathan Whitman, the Director of Technology for Administrative Technology Services at UCSD, led a program to utilize…
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October 25, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 1
By Reign Nelson. John Virden became chief information security officer (CISO) at the University of California, Riverside, earlier this year. He has been in information security for over 20 years, starting in the US Navy, where he earned his master’s…
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October 11, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 1
By Reign Nelson. Jeanie Larson is the chief information security officer (CISO) at UC Davis Health. She majored in computer science and math at the University of Idaho and has been “doing cybersecurity stuff” since around 1985. She was one…
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October 4, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 0
By Reign Nelson. In February 2017, the University of California, San Diego, welcomed Mike Corn to the position of chief information security officer (CISO). Corn began his security career at the University of Illinois as CISO for the Urbana campus…
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September 13, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 0
By Ghanya Thomas. Three talented UC students learned about work at the Office of the President (UCOP) this summer as they completed internships with Information Technology Services (ITS). The students were sponsored through INROADS, a nonprofit provider that recruits…
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August 30, 2017 All Articles, Spotlights 0
By Alison Spencer. When you bite into a delicious fresh orange, you probably don’t think about all that had to happen for it to get to you. For one, the tree had to survive sickness so that healthy fruit could…
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