As the Associate Vice Chancellor for Integrity Safety and Compliance, Dan Jones has overall responsibility for public safety, flight operations, compliance coordination, cyber security, and accessible technology. Dan also serves as the University of Colorado Chief Information Security Officer providing leadership and coordination for the information security program in partnership with the campuses and System Administration.
Prior to being appointed Associate Vice Chancellor in September 2018, Dan has served as the Chief Information Security Officer since September 2010 and Chief Digital Accessibility Officer since February 2015. Dan is a CU Boulder alum and has also received a Master of Science degree in software engineering from Regis University.
Integrity, Safety, and Compliance includes the following campus units:
Digital Accessibility
In addition to complying with the law, CU Boulder is morally and ethically committed to communicating information to all individuals in a manner that enables them to achieve their academic and professional goals and aspirations. To maximize CU Boulder’s potential to achieve its legal, moral, and ethical commitments in the digital environment, the university has established an information and communication technology accessibility program.
Flight Operations
The Flight Operations Department supports global unmanned aircraft systems (drone) flight operations, ensuring safety and compliance. The departments responsibilities include coordinating and receiving approval for operations from the Federal Aviation Administration and foreign governments.Advanced training specific to UAS operations is needed to operate safely in the global airspace system. We train CU crew-members for complex UAS operations including initial and advanced pilot training. The department is also responsible for airworthiness certification of CU Boulder designed drones with the FAA and foreign governments. Additionally the department also coordinates flight activity over all CU Boulder campuses.
Information Security
The Office of Information Security (OIS) is based out of System Administration and partners with the campuses to provide services and expertise to support confidentiality, integrity and availability for data universitywide. The OIS was created in 2019 by merging the information security departments for System Administration and CU Boulder. The Chief Information Security Officer, campus Information Security Officers, and Security Advisory Committee work together to protect CU’s computing and information assets and oversee compliance with information-related privacy and security laws and regulations.
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Integrity and Compliance
The Office of Integrity & Compliance serves as a resource for helping campus constituents find the answers and connect them to the resources they need so they can have the confidence that they are doing their jobs in accordance with all standards and regulations
The Office specializes in collaborating across all of campus with compliance professionals to provide a comprehensive approach to the many compliance functions faced by our staff, faculty and students.The Office of Integrity & Compliance also manages the campus policy processes ensuring that all policies follow the appropriate approval process and in line with all Federal, State, Local, Regent, and System regulations, laws and policies. They also ensure that they are all up to date.
Police Department
The members of the University of Colorado Boulder Police Department (CUPD) are dedicated to providing the highest quality police services in order to enhance community safety, protect life and property, and reduce crime and the fear of crime. To do this, we pledge to develop a partnership with the community, to lead a community commitment to resolve problems, and to improve the safety and quality of life for all CU affiliates.