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What is a Unit Information Security Lead?

→ The Unit Information Security Lead (UISL) is a term for the Workforce Member(s) assigned responsibility for tactical execution of information security activities in a School or Unit.

On this site Bruins can: 

→ Learn more about the Unit Information Security Lead (UISL) role.

→ Find out who your UISL, IT Strategic Partner (ITSP), and Unit Head are.

→ Explore policies and standards to learn how cybersecurity works across the UCLA campus and systemwide.

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Empower the Bruin community

  • Grow a security culture by socializing policies and services.
  • Gather feedback from across campus.

 

diverse hands putting together a puzzle piece

Collaborate and Communicate

  • Promote collaboration and enhance communication to support Units in their security needs.
  • Empower the UISL community to serve as advocates for their Units.
giant lock over internal computer hardware

Support cyber maturity goals

  • Create a security-first approach that fits each Unit's needs and resources to create a more secure UCLA.
person walking and making check marks on a line leading towards a green flag

Build accountability

  • Outline and define the roles and responsibilities of UISLs as they interact with Units.
  • Identify opportunities for improvement in security practices on a regular basis.
Name Email Position Units
Pouria Abbassi pabbassi@asucla.ucla.edu Executive Director & CEO ASUCLA
Stephen Agostini sagostini@conet.ucla.edu Unit Head, Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Office of VC, CFO
Hamed Alipoormiandehi hamed@lifesci.ucla.edu System Administrator IV Division of Life Sciences
Kevin Archibald karchibald@sait.ucla.edu Unit Information Security Lead Office of VC, Academic Affairs and Personnel, Office of VC, Legal Affairs, Enrollment Management, Institute of American Cultures, Office of VC, Inclusion Excellence, Office of VC, Student Affairs
Cody Ashe-McNalley CISSP, SSAP cody@it.ucla.edu IT Security Manager 1 Office of Campus & Community Safety, Office of VC, Administration, Environment, Health, & Safety, Events and Transportation, Facilities, Housing and Hospitality
Shawn Augustine saugustine@unex.ucla.edu Network Administrator Division of Continuing Education & UCLA Extension
Michael Beck michaelbeck@adminvc.ucla.edu Unit Head, Vice Chancellor Office of VC, Administration, Central Ticket Office, Digital and Technology Solutions, Environment, Health, & Safety, Events and Transportation, Facilities, Financial and Organizational Services, Housing and Hospitality
Michael Beckerman mbeckerman@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu Unit Head Herb Alpert School of Music
Ronald Brookmeyer rbrookmeyer@ucla.edu Unit Head, Dean of Fielding School of Public Health Center for Health Policy Research, Fielding School of Public Health
Eric Bullard ebullard@unex.ucla.edu Dean, Unit Head Division of Continuing Education & UCLA Extension
Christina Christie tina.christie@ucla.edu Unit Head, Wasserman Dean of the School of Education and Information Studies Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing, Early Care and Education, Geffen Academy, Lab School, School of Education & Information Studies
Gary Clark gclark@enrollment.ucla.edu Unit Head, Associate Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management Enrollment Management
Peter Clowes pclowes@grad.ucla.edu Unit Information Security Lead Graduate Education
Mark Corlew CISSP mark.corlew@anderson.ucla.edu UISL, Director, IT Security Anderson School of Management
Cindy Fan cfan@international.ucla.edu Unit Head, Vice Provost for International Studies and Global Engagement International Studies and Global Engagement
Adriana Galván agalvan@college.ucla.edu Unit Head, Dean and Vice Provost the Division of Undergraduate Education Division of Undergraduate Education
Miguel Garcia-Garibay mgarciagaribay@college.ucla.edu Unit Head, Dead of the Division of Physical Sciences Division of Physical Sciences
Ramil Gavia rgavia@asucla.ucla.edu UISL, Systems Engineer ASUCLA
Monroe Gordon mgordon@saonet.ucla.edu Unit Head Office of VC, Student Affairs
Alex Hall alexhall@atmos.ucla.edu Unit Head, Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Institute for the Environment and Sustainability
Vincent Hua vhua@seas.ucla.edu Network & Security Administrator, UISL School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Fabio Ibarra fabio@tft.ucla.edu UISL, Sr. Network and Security Administrator School of Theater, Film, and Television
Athena Jackson athenajackson@library.ucla.edu Unit Head, University Librarian University Library
Bethany Jacobson bjacobson@it.ucla.edu Unit Information Security Lead Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing, Division of Humanities, Early Care and Education, Enrollment Management, Institute of American Cultures, Lab School, Office of VC, Academic Affairs and Personnel, Office of VC, Inclusion Excellence, Office of VC, Legal Affairs, Office of VC, Student Affairs, School of Education & Information Studies, School of Law, School of the Arts and Architecture
Martin Jarmond mjarmand@athletics.ucla.edu Unit Head, Director Intercollegiate Athletics
Ralina Joesph rjoseph@equity.ucla.edu Unit Head Office of VC, Inclusion Excellence
Davida Johnson djohnson@oarc.ucla.edu Unit Head, Executive Director of UCLA Office of Advanced Research Computing OARC
Tracy Johnson tjohnson@college.ucla.edu Unit Head, Dean the Division of Life Sciences Division of Life Sciences
Dennis Jong dennis@luskin.ucla.edu UISL, Director of IT Systems Luskin School of Public Affairs
Brian Kite bkite@grad.ucla.edu Unit Head, UCLA Dean and Vice Provost of Graduate Education Graduate Education
Silas Lam slam@support.ucla.edu UISL, Application Developer Office of VC, External Affairs
Mike Lee mikelee@ssc.ucla.edu UISL, ITSP, CIO Division of Social Sciences
Michael Levine mlevine@conet.ucla.edu Unit Head, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Personnel Office of VC, Academic Affairs and Personnel
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris loukaito@luskin.ucla.edu Unit Head, Interim Dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Luskin School of Public Affairs
Christine Lovely christine.lovely@ucla.edu Vice Chancellor, CHR and Chief People Officer Campus Human Resources
Steve Lurie steven.lurie@ucla.edu Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus and Community Safety Office of Campus & Community Safety
Kaya Menteşoğlu kaya@international.ucla.edu Information Systems and Technology Manager, ITSP, UISL International Studies and Global Engagement
Jason Mersel merseljp@g.ucla.edu UISL, System Administrator Division of Physical Sciences
Jeff Miller jfmiller@ucla.edu Unit Head, Director of the CNSI California NanoSystems Institute
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM snangia@it.ucla.edu Unit Information Security Lead California NanoSystems Institute, Campus Human Resources, Center for Health Policy Research, Early Care and Education, Fielding School of Public Health, Geffen Academy, Herb Alpert School of Music, Central Ticket Office, Digital and Technology Solutions, Financial and Organizational Services, Office of VC, Strategic Communications, Teaching and Learning
Mike Nguyen Mikey@college.ucla.edu UISL, Associate Director, Systems Division of Undergraduate Education
Mary Osako mosako@stratcomm.ucla.edu Unit Head, Vice Chancellor of Strategic Communications Office of VC, Strategic Communications
Bob Park bpark@athletics.ucla.edu UISL, ITSP, Assistant Athletic Director, IT Intercollegiate Athletics
Ah-Hyung "Alissa" Park apark@seas.ucla.edu Unit Head, Dean of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Lionel Popkin lpopkin@arts.ucla.edu Unit Head, Interim Dean School of the Arts and Architecture
Erin Sanders O'Leary esoleary@teaching.ucla.edu Unit Head, Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning Teaching and Learning
Margaret Shih margaret.shih@anderson.ucla.edu Unit Head, Interim Dean Anderson School of Management
Celine Shimizu dean@tft.ucla.edu Unit Head, Dean of Theater, Film and Television School of Theater, Film, and Television
Alexandra Stern amstern@english.ucla.edu Unit Head, Dean of the Division of Humanities Division of Humanities
Bobby Swerdlow rswerdlow@conet.ucla.edu Unit Head Office of VC, Legal Affairs
Alex Tang alex.tang@research.ucla.edu UISL, IT Operations Manager Office of VC, Research
Rhea Turteltaub rheat@support.ucla.edu Unit Head, Vice Chancellor, External Affairs Office of VC, External Affairs
Abel Valenzuela Jr. avalenzuela@college.ucla.edu Unit Head, Dean of the Division of Social Sciences Division of Social Sciences
Anthony Vuong avuong@library.ucla.edu Head of Library Systems Infrastructure, UISL University Library
Roger Wakimoto rwakimoto@conet.ucla.edu Unit Head, Vice Chancellor for Research Office of VC, Research
Michael Waterstone waterstone@law.ucla.edu Unit Head, Dean of the School of Law School of Law
David Yoo dyoo@conet.ucla.edu Unit Head, Vice Provost, Institute of American Cultures Institute of American Cultures
Grant Young young@oarc.ucla.edu Unit Information Security Lead Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, OARC
Joe Zabaglo jzabaglo@finance.ucla.edu Unit Information Security Lead, IT Manager Office of VC, CFO
Bruin Bear

Empower the Bruin community

  • Grow a security culture by socializing policies and services.
  • Gather feedback from across campus.

 

diverse hands putting together a puzzle piece

Collaborate and Communicate

  • Promote collaboration and enhance communication to support Units in their security needs.
  • Empower the UISL community to serve as advocates for their Units.
giant lock over internal computer hardware

Support cyber maturity goals

  • Create a security-first approach that fits each Unit's needs and resources to create a more secure UCLA.
person walking and making check marks on a line leading towards a green flag

Build accountability

  • Outline and define the roles and responsibilities of UISLs as they interact with Units.
  • Identify opportunities for improvement in security practices on a regular basis.