Mark S. Bruhn
Associate Vice President, Information & Infrastructure Assurance
Mark Bruhn provides executive leadership for activities related to appropriate deployment, handling, and security of institutional and personal data and systems, and for plans and procedures for recovery and resumption of systems and business processes. He also advises and makes recommendations to the Indiana University President and other executives on physical security of facilities, safety of individuals, and general emergency preparedness and planning. He has broad knowledge of university academic and administrative operations, and interacts and coordinates with a wide variety of university departments, officers, and administrators. He also serves IU as associate director (Operations and Practices) of the IU Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR), http://cacr.iu.edu. Bruhn was instrumental in establishing in 2002 the IU-based Research and Educational Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC), and serves as its executive director. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the Indiana University School of Informatics and contributes to student education in cybersecurity through guest lectures and course development. Previously, Bruhn served IU as Associate Vice President for Telecommunications and as Chief IT Security and Policy Officer. He has also served in the United States Air Force, where he was a non-commissioned officer in charge of Air Defense Operations. Bruhn has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Park College, Missouri, and an Associate of Science degree from the Community College of the Air Force. He also holds two security management-related professional certifications - Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)).
Selected National Leadership, Publications, and Presentations
- Founding member, Executive Committee of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Task Force on Network and Systems Security.
- Past co-Chair of the Security Education and Awareness and Security Policies and Legal Issues initiatives of the Task Force. ( http://www.educause.edu/security )
- Bruhn, M., M. Gettes, and A. West. (2003) Identity and Access Management and Security in Higher Education. EDUCAUSE Quarterly. Volume 26; Number 4; 12-16
- Bruhn, M., and R. Petersen. (2003). Planning for Improved Security. EDUCAUSE Review. November/December 2003; 98-99
- Bruhn, M. and R. Petersen. (2003). Policy Development for Information Security. Computer and Network Security in Higher Education. Ed. M. Luker and R. Petersen. San Francisco , CA : Jossey-Bass, 2003. 59-71.
Contact Information
Office of the Vice President for Information Technology & CIO
Franklin Hall 116
601 East Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-855-0326
812-855-3310 (fax)
mbruhn@iu.edu
