As chief information security officer (CISO) for Indiana University, Jason Williams leads the University Information Security Office (UISO). The UISO is responsible for incident response, information security risk assessments and consulting, and security engineering. Before joining Indiana University, he served as CISO for the University of California Office of the President and as Director of Information Security & Compliance for the University of Notre Dame. With over two decades of experience in IT, Jason has had roles as a systems and network engineer, as a co-founder of a technology startup, and as an adjunct professor.

Jason has his master’s degree in National Security and Information Protection from the University of New Haven and his bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Stanford University.