Security Officers

The Purdue Security Officers Working Group is comprised of one representative from each of Purdue's 30 IT areas and provides technical input and leadership for the SecurePurdue program. The Chief Information Security Officer serves as a facilitator for the group.

The group is responsible for technical coordination of security activities across the Purdue University campuses. This group works in conjunction with IT Purdue Systems Security (PSS) to develop University-wide policies and programs to ensure continued IT security at Purdue. The activities of the group include developing policies, collaborating on ideas and initiatives to strengthen the IT security environment, and communicating within all campus IT groups. Members of the group will also be actively involved in creating new policies, creating new standards, developing new security tools and techniques, and coordinating University-wide communication and training initiatives in basic security practices.

Updated:  9/19/24

Membership

Administrative Services: Dan Varney, dvarney@purdue.edu, Madhuri Kulkarni, kulkar41@purdue.edu

Advancement: Ian Karns, ikarns@purdue.edu

Agriculture, Genomics: Kevin Stevens, stevenkt@purdue.edu

Athletics: Wesley Shoop, shoopw@purdue.edu

Business Services: Dan Varney, dvarney@purdue.edu, Madhuri Kulkarni, kulkar41@purdue.edu

CERIAS: Adam Hammer, jah@purdue.edu

Communications Infrastructure & Data Centers: Justin McIntyre, mcintyrj@purdue.edu

Discovery Park, Engineering, Technology, VP of Research:

Education: Travis Kirby, kirby4@purdue.edu

Enterprise Resources (PIER): Jeff Tipton, jftipton@purdue.edu, Mike Moya, moyman@purdue.edu, Doug Yeager, doug@purdue.edu

Grad School: Don Brier, brierd@purdue.edu

Health and Human Sciences: Andrew Beal, beala@purdue.edu, Tony Klassen, aklassen@purdue.edu

Internal Audit: Wendi Johnston, wmn@purdue.edu

IT End User Experience and Libraries: Brian Berndt, bberndt@purdue.edu, Dan Rhine, rhine@purdue.edu

IT Research Computing: Dave LeFevre, dlefevre@purdue.edu, Nick Smith, smithnp@purdue.edu

Liberal Arts:Travis Kirby, kirby4@purdue.edu

Management: Travis Kirby, kirby4@purdue.edu

Pharmacy: Vacant

PU Fort Wayne Campus: Scott Vitz, vitzs@pfw.edu, Brian Spaulding, bspauldi@purdue.edu

Purdue Indianapolis Campus: Rob Meagher, remeaghe@purdue.edu

Purdue University Northwest Campus: Daniel Bruhn, bruhnd@pnw.edu 

Purdue University Online: Evan Tragesser, etragess@purdue.edu

Purdue Research Foundation: Ed Johnson, eajohnson@prf.org, Tom Long, talong@prf.org

Science: Dan Trinkle, trinkle@purdue.edu

Space Management and Academic Scheduling: Vacant

Student Services: Mike Budzik, mikeb@purdue.edu, Richard Lucas, clucas@purdue.edu, Jim Motta, jmmotta@purdue.edu

Veterinary Medicine: Vacant