Chief Information Security Officer
John Hoyt
John Hoyt is an Associate Vice President and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Clemson University, and he has been working in cybersecurity for over 17 years. During his career, he has worked in hardware and software support, as a Unix and Windows system administrator, as an information security engineer, a Security Operations Center (SOC) manager, a Director of Information Security, Deputy CISO, and now CISO.

Security Infrastructure and Operations Team
Steve Higareda
Director of Security Infrastructure and Operations (Deputy CISO)
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Tom Webb | Senior Security Engineer |
Carl West | Network Security Engineer |
Cody Rathbone | Cloud Security Engineer |
Dylan Porter | Manager, Security Operations Center |
Tom Grisham | Information Security Analyst |
Adam Dokmeci | Information Security Analyst |
Information Security Assurance Team
Chris Brown
Director of Information Security Assurance
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Patrick McGee | Information Security Services Coordinator |
Kevin Allmond | Security Assurance Engineer - HR |
Jeff Whitson | Security Assurance Engineer - Finance |
Calvin Watts | Security Assurance Engineer - Student Data |
Steven O'Hare | Security Assurance Engineer - Research |
Jeremy Crownhurst | Security Assurance Engineer - Compliance |
Offensive Security Team
Michael Bryant
Director of Offensive Security
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Daniel Herold | Offensive Security Engineer |
Healthcare Infrastructure Security Team
Frank Monteleone
Director of Healthcare Infrastructure Security
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Ben Sparks | Senior DHHS Security Analyst |
Ahmed Malik | Information Security Analyst |
Greg Barnette | IT Manager for Medicaid Information Technology Services |
Heather Trent | Desktop Systems and Software Support Analyst |
Tom Ross | Server Administration and Information Analyst |