Office of Information Assurance

Director & CISO: Arlene Yetnikoff 

The Office of Information Assurance is the campus office charged with ensuring the secure handling, availability, and confidentiality of all forms of information at UC San Diego.

In addition to the traditional technical aspects of "cybersecurity," we focus on people, technology,  processes, and paper to reduce the risk of theft or damage to University data, and that the privacy of our community members is protected while maintaining the open collaborative environment that is the hallmark of a research institution. Our goal is to go beyond the strict minimums of legal and policy compliance and to remain agile and vigilant in the face of a rapidly evolving campus environment.

We provide the core campus identity services, Single Sign-On, and management of the granting and revoking of access to campuswide systems, provide Department Security Administrator training, and coordinate workflows for approval for campuswide data access. 

Director of Security Operations: Cheo Codda & Phillip Lopo (Interim)

Identity Solutions Architect: Mona Zarei

Active Directory

Team Lead: James Dotson

Incident Response & Threat Detection

Team Lead: Cheo Codda

Security Engineering Services

Team Lead: Phillip Lopo

Risk & Compliance

Team Lead: Daniel Quach

Identity & Access Management

Team Lead: Leonardo Munduruca

The Identity and Access Management team provides access controls and creates, updates and validates accounts and account information. Our primary services are Single Sign-on, DUO and Active Directory (AD). We also support legacy business systems access and assist Department Security Administrators.

CMMC, CUI & Regulated Research

Team Lead: Daniel Quach (Interim)