Information Security Officer

California State University, Fullerton

Information Security Officer

California State University, Fullerton (Cal State Fullerton or CSUF) seeks a collaborative Information Security Officer to serve as a deft leader, managing the information security program, information security operations, and overseeing training and staff development. The Information Security Officer (ISO) will be reach out to develop relationships across campus, serving as an educator and trainer and ensuring constituents feel well supported and well trained on issues of security and use. This person will engage outside the University as well, ensuring smooth collaboration and execution of needed projects and endeavors to improve and enhance security at Cal State Fullerton. Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Information Technology/Academic Technology Services, the ISO will join a deeply collaborative and diverse division on a tech-oriented campus.

Cal State Fullerton is the largest campus in the California State University system. Standing on 241 acres in the heart of Southern California, Cal State Fullerton is a large, comprehensive, urban university with more than 41,000 students and 4,127 full- and part-time faculty and staff members. The University combines the best qualities of teaching and research universities, with actively engaged students, faculty, and staff working in close collaboration to expand knowledge. In fall of 2020, U.S. News & World Report ranked CSUF fourth among regional public universities in the West. In addition, Cal State Fullerton is number one in the CSU and number one in California among public universities in the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded. 

Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Information Technology/Academic Technology Services, and serving as a member of the Information Technology Leadership Team, the ISO is expected to split their time among management of the information security program, information security operations, training/staff development, and other duties as assigned. The next ISO will build upon the Division’s strengths, mission, and vision to support heightened services now and in the future. 

CSUF has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in this search. Inquiries, applications, nominations, and referrals should be sent via the Isaacson, Miller website for the search: www.imsearch.com/7845.

Dan Rodas & Emily Chiswick-Patterson

Isaacson, Miller

1000 Sansome Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, CA 94111

California State University Fullerton celebrates all forms of diversity and is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment within which students, staff, administrators, and faculty thrive. Individuals interested in advancing the University’s strategic diversity goals are strongly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.