Office of Information Security (OIS)

  • Conducts risk assessments, documents identified threats, and maintains a risk register. 
  • Assists WashU departments and schools in assessing their data for classification as defined in policy section 100.04 Data, Information, and System Classification 
  • Advises departments and schools in the assignment of controls according to information classification.  
  • Develops policy, standards, processes, and solutions to mitigate identified risks to an acceptable level. 
  • Assists the CISO in developing the Information Security framework. 
  • Works with IT, faculty, and staff to embed the framework into operations. 
  • Monitors infrastructure and data repositories for malicious activity. 
  • Works with the incident manager to detect and investigate security incidents. 
  • Establishes the vulnerability management program. 
  • Provides the WashU community with information security consulting services.