Biography

Sean Hagan serves as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the University of Alaska System, comprising the independently accredited University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and University of Alaska Southeast and their associated community campuses.

As CISO, Sean is focused on developing a robust risk management program; aggressively pursuing framework alignment for audit and regulatory compliance; establishing partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security, MS-ISAC, and the state of Alaska; and collaborating and growing relationships amongst government and private sector partners throughout the state of Alaska.

Prior to his work at the University of Alaska, Sean was the CISO for five years at Yavapai College, a mid-size, multi-campus, residential community college in central Arizona, where he led institutional efforts related to information security, compliance, and risk management.