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About IIA

The Office of Information and Infrastructure Assurance was created in 2004 as Information Technology Security Services (ITSS). In 2009, ITSS merged with MAIS and ITCS to create a comprehensive campus IT department called Information and Technology Services (ITS). This office retains its security focus and took on the responsibility for policy, privacy and the User Advocate. We collaborate with individual University of Michigan units to develop a university-wide security strategy and to implement best practice security efforts.

Other primary IIA activities include:

Facilitating campus-wide incident response activities
Providing services such as security assessments and consultation, network scans, education and training
Managing IT security issues at the university level

To read more about the establishment of IT Security Services in 2004, see:

Keeping IT Safe from the University Record (September 7, 2004).
New University IT Security Services Organization. Message from Laura Patterson to Deans, Directors, & Department Heads. (July 23, 2004)

Executive Officers

Overall governance for IIA is shared by:

Dr. Ora Pescovitz, executive vice president for medical affairs
Teresa Sullivan, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs
Stephen Forrest, vice president for research
Tim Slottow, executive vice president and chief financial officer

Leadership

Laura Patterson, associate vice president and CIO, provides overall direction and support for IIA.
Paul Howell, the university's chief IT security officer, heads the IIA Office. In addition to overseeing IT security activities and managing IIA staff, he serves on the IT Security Council (ITSC).
IIA works with ITSC to maintain a secure IT environment for U-M teaching, learning, research, and administrative activities.
The creation of IIA and ITSC resulted from various university units working together through the IT Commons.

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