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Office of Information Security

Cybersecurity Staff

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)

Security Infrastructure and Operations Team Staff Members
Name Title
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

Information Security Assurance Team Staff Members
Name Title
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

Offensive Security Team Staff Members
Name Title
Daniel Herold Offensive Security Engineer

Healthcare Infrastructure Security Team

Frank Monteleone

Director of Healthcare Infrastructure Security

Healthcare Infrastructure Security Team Staff Members
Name Title
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