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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.

Anderson School of Management

Title Position Title Email
Mark Corlew CISSP UISL, Director, IT Security mark.corlew@anderson.ucla.edu
Margaret Shih Unit Head, Interim Dean margaret.shih@anderson.ucla.edu

ASUCLA

Title Position Title Email
Ramil Gavia UISL, Systems Engineer rgavia@asucla.ucla.edu
Pouria Abbassi Executive Director & CEO pabbassi@asucla.ucla.edu

California NanoSystems Institute

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Jeff Miller Unit Head, Director of the CNSI jfmiller@ucla.edu

Campus Human Resources

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Christine Lovely Vice Chancellor, CHR and Chief People Officer christine.lovely@ucla.edu

Center for Health Policy Research

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Ronald Brookmeyer Unit Head, Dean of Fielding School of Public Health rbrookmeyer@ucla.edu

Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Christina Christie Unit Head, Wasserman Dean of the School of Education and Information Studies tina.christie@ucla.edu

Central Ticket Office

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Michael Beck Unit Head, Vice Chancellor michaelbeck@adminvc.ucla.edu

Digital & Technology Solutions

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Michael Beck Unit Head, Vice Chancellor michaelbeck@adminvc.ucla.edu

Division of Continuing Education & UCLA Extension

Title Position Title Email
Eric Bullard Dean, Unit Head ebullard@unex.ucla.edu
Shawn Augustine Network Administrator saugustine@unex.ucla.edu

Division of Graduate Education

Title Position Title Email
Peter Clowes Unit Information Security Lead pclowes@grad.ucla.edu
Brian Kite Unit Head, UCLA Dean and Vice Provost of Graduate Education bkite@grad.ucla.edu

Division of Humanities

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Alexandra Stern Unit Head, Dean of the Division of Humanities amstern@english.ucla.edu

Division of Life Sciences

Title Position Title Email
Tracy Johnson Unit Head, Dean the Division of Life Sciences tjohnson@college.ucla.edu
Hamed Alipoormiandehi System Administrator IV hamed@lifesci.ucla.edu

Division of Physical Sciences

Title Position Title Email
Jason Mersel UISL, System Administrator merseljp@g.ucla.edu
Miguel Garcia-Garibay Unit Head, Dead of the Division of Physical Sciences mgarciagaribay@college.ucla.edu

Division of Social Sciences

Title Position Title Email
Mike Lee UISL, ITSP, CIO mikelee@ssc.ucla.edu
Abel Valenzuela Jr. Unit Head, Dean of the Division of Social Sciences avalenzuela@college.ucla.edu

Division of Undergraduate Education

Title Position Title Email
Mike Nguyen UISL, Associate Director, Systems Mikey@college.ucla.edu
Adriana Galván Unit Head, Dean and Vice Provost the Division of Undergraduate Education agalvan@college.ucla.edu

Early Care and Education

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Christina Christie Unit Head, Wasserman Dean of the School of Education and Information Studies tina.christie@ucla.edu

Enrollment Management

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Kevin Archibald Unit Information Security Lead karchibald@sait.ucla.edu
Gary Clark Unit Head, Associate Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management gclark@enrollment.ucla.edu

Events and Transportation

Title Position Title Email
Cody Ashe-McNalley CISSP, SSAP IT Security Manager 1 cody@it.ucla.edu
Michael Beck Unit Head, Vice Chancellor michaelbeck@adminvc.ucla.edu

Facilities

Title Position Title Email
Cody Ashe-McNalley CISSP, SSAP IT Security Manager 1 cody@it.ucla.edu
Michael Beck Unit Head, Vice Chancellor michaelbeck@adminvc.ucla.edu

Fielding School of Public Health

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Ronald Brookmeyer Unit Head, Dean of Fielding School of Public Health rbrookmeyer@ucla.edu

Financial and Organizational Services

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Michael Beck Unit Head, Vice Chancellor michaelbeck@adminvc.ucla.edu

Geffen Academy

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Christina Christie Unit Head, Wasserman Dean of the School of Education and Information Studies tina.christie@ucla.edu

Herb Alpert School of Music

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Michael Beckerman Unit Head mbeckerman@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu

Housing and Hospitality

Title Position Title Email
Cody Ashe-McNalley CISSP, SSAP IT Security Manager 1 cody@it.ucla.edu
Michael Beck Unit Head, Vice Chancellor michaelbeck@adminvc.ucla.edu

Institute for the Environment and Sustainability

Title Position Title Email
Grant Young Unit Information Security Lead young@oarc.ucla.edu
Alex Hall Unit Head, Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability alexhall@atmos.ucla.edu

Institute of American Cultures

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Kevin Archibald Unit Information Security Lead karchibald@sait.ucla.edu
David Yoo Unit Head, Vice Provost, Institute of American Cultures dyoo@conet.ucla.edu

Intercollegiate Athletics

Title Position Title Email
Bob Park UISL, ITSP, Assistant Athletic Director, IT bpark@athletics.ucla.edu
Martin Jarmond Unit Head, Director mjarmand@athletics.ucla.edu

International Studies and Global Engagement

Title Position Title Email
Kaya Menteşoğlu Information Systems and Technology Manager, ITSP, UISL kaya@international.ucla.edu
Cindy Fan Unit Head, Vice Provost for International Studies and Global Engagement cfan@international.ucla.edu

Lab School

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Christina Christie Unit Head, Wasserman Dean of the School of Education and Information Studies tina.christie@ucla.edu

Luskin School of Public Affairs

Title Position Title Email
Dennis Jong UISL, Director of IT Systems dennis@luskin.ucla.edu
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris Unit Head, Interim Dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs loukaito@luskin.ucla.edu

OARC

Title Position Title Email
Grant Young Unit Information Security Lead young@oarc.ucla.edu
Davida Johnson Unit Head, Executive Director of UCLA Office of Advanced Research Computing djohnson@oarc.ucla.edu

Office of Campus & Community Safety

Title Position Title Email
Cody Ashe-McNalley CISSP, SSAP IT Security Manager 1 cody@it.ucla.edu
Steve Lurie Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus and Community Safety steven.lurie@ucla.edu

Office of VC, Academic Affairs and Personnel

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Kevin Archibald Unit Information Security Lead karchibald@sait.ucla.edu
Michael Levine Unit Head, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Personnel mlevine@conet.ucla.edu

Office of VC, Administration

Title Position Title Email
Cody Ashe-McNalley CISSP, SSAP IT Security Manager 1 cody@it.ucla.edu
Michael Beck Unit Head, Vice Chancellor michaelbeck@adminvc.ucla.edu

Office of the VC, CFO

Title Position Title Email
Joe Zabaglo Unit Information Security Lead, IT Manager jzabaglo@finance.ucla.edu
Stephen Agostini Unit Head, Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer sagostini@conet.ucla.edu

Office of VC, Inclusion Excellence

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Kevin Archibald Unit Information Security Lead karchibald@sait.ucla.edu
Ralina Joesph Unit Head rjoseph@equity.ucla.edu

Office of VC, External Affairs

Title Position Title Email
Silas Lam UISL, Application Developer slam@support.ucla.edu
Rhea Turteltaub Unit Head, Vice Chancellor, External Affairs rheat@support.ucla.edu

Office of VC, Legal Affairs

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Kevin Archibald Unit Information Security Lead karchibald@sait.ucla.edu
Bobby Swerdlow Unit Head rswerdlow@conet.ucla.edu

Office of VC, Research

Title Position Title Email
Alex Tang UISL, IT Operations Manager alex.tang@research.ucla.edu
Roger Wakimoto Unit Head, Vice Chancellor for Research rwakimoto@conet.ucla.edu

Office of VC, Strategic Communications

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Mary Osako Unit Head, Vice Chancellor of Strategic Communications mosako@stratcomm.ucla.edu

Office of VC, Student Affairs

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Kevin Archibald Unit Information Security Lead karchibald@sait.ucla.edu
Monroe Gordon Unit Head mgordon@saonet.ucla.edu

School of the Arts and Architecture

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Lionel Popkin Unit Head, Interim Dean lpopkin@arts.ucla.edu

School of Education & Information Studies

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Christina Christie Unit Head, Wasserman Dean of the School of Education and Information Studies tina.christie@ucla.edu

School of Law

Title Position Title Email
Bethany Jacobson Unit Information Security Lead bjacobson@it.ucla.edu
Michael Waterstone Unit Head, Dean of the School of Law waterstone@law.ucla.edu

School of Theater, Film, and Television

Title Position Title Email
Fabio Ibarra UISL, Sr. Network and Security Administrator fabio@tft.ucla.edu
Celine Shimizu Unit Head, Dean of Theater, Film and Television dean@tft.ucla.edu

Teaching and Learning

Title Position Title Email
Sunit Nangia CISSP, CISM Unit Information Security Lead snangia@it.ucla.edu
Erin Sanders O'Leary Unit Head, Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning esoleary@teaching.ucla.edu

University Library

Title Position Title Email
Athena Jackson Unit Head, University Librarian athenajackson@library.ucla.edu
Anthony Vuong Head of Library Systems Infrastructure, UISL avuong@library.ucla.edu
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.