Chief Information Security Officer
University of Virginia · Education
Charlottesville, VA · Hybrid
Compensation not disclosed
Enterprise CISO
CLI Career Level
90
Opportunity
Exceptional · Last verified 1 hour ago
Cyber leadership profile
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university and the flagship institution of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It operates a major academic medical center, extensive research facilities, and a global academic program. A security leader would oversee a complex environment comprising thousands of faculty, staff, and students, alongside a large-scale healthcare infrastructure.
- Industry
- Education
- Headcount
- 10,000+ employees
- Headquarters
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- Ownership
- Government
- Revenue
- $1B – $10B
- Funding
- Not applicable
- Founded
- 1819
Cyber hiring activity
Open leadership roles
1
1 at Director level or above
Opened, last 12 months
1
1 Director+
Prior 12 months
0
Hiring velocity
Low
Median Opportunity Score 90
1 leadership role observed in the last 12 months. CLI has no coverage of the prior year for this employer. Counts reflect roles University of Virginia posted that CLI has observed and published; they are not a complete record of the employer's hiring.
Security leadership
Jason Belford
Chief Information Security OfficerHiring influence: HighStated publiclyHigh confidenceAs the Chief Information Security Officer, he oversees the entire university's security strategy and operations.
Virginia Evans
Vice President and Chief Information OfficerHiring influence: HighStated publiclyHigh confidenceOversees all information technology infrastructure and strategy, serving as the CISO's direct supervisor.
Brian Davis
Director of Information Security OperationsHiring influence: ModerateStated publiclyHigh confidenceLeads the technical operations and incident response teams within the Information Security office.
People are recorded only from public sources. Where a role in the hierarchy is inferred rather than stated, CLI labels it so you can weigh it yourself.
Approach
Open any live role below for its full approach path: the likely hiring owner, the decision circle around them, and the strongest route in.
Security organization
Estimated team size25–50 peopleModerate confidence
The Chief Information Security Officer reports directly to the Vice President and Chief Information Officer. The security organization is centralized within Information Technology Services (ITS) but provides distributed support across different university departments.
Major functions
Identity and Access Management (IAM)Security Operations Center (SOC)Incident ResponseGovernance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)Data Protection and Privacy
Maturity indicators
- Dedicated Information Security Office (ISO) website
- Formalized security awareness training program
- Published information security policies and standards
- University-wide MFA mandate
UVA maintains a high level of security maturity characterized by a centralized Information Security office, robust policy frameworks, and active threat monitoring for a large academic and research environment.
Organization figures are CLI estimates, not disclosures. High confidence
Security events
Oct 2023
UVA IT System Outage Impacting Learning Management Systems
Security incidentHigh confidenceA system outage affecting several IT services, including the learning management system (Canvas), was caused by a configuration error during routine maintenance.
SourceFeb 2022
UVA Mandates Multi-Factor Authentication Across Campus
Security initiativeHigh confidenceThe university announced a new requirement for all students and staff to utilize Duo Multi-Factor Authentication for all university accounts to bolster data security.
Source
Technologies observed
KubernetesInfrastructure1 posting
NIST CSFFramework1 posting
Extracted verbatim from this employer's security postings. Absence from this list does not mean the tool is not in use.
Open cyber leadership roles
Cyber Leadership Index compiles these dossiers from public sources and the employer's own postings. Inferred figures are labelled with a confidence level; anything CLI cannot establish is shown as unknown rather than estimated. Last refreshed September 21, 2026.