The Georgia Institute of Technology announced Monday it’s hired Leo Howell, the chief information security officer at the University of Oregon, as its new CISO. Howell, who’s also been serving as Oregon’s interim chief technology officer, will start at Georgia Tech Oct. 18, according to a press release.
Howell’s hiring came at the end of a nationwide search for a full-time replacement by the Atlanta university after the departure of former CISO Jimmy Lummis, who stepped down in January to take a position with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Didier Contis, the director of information technology within Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering and a part-time instructor, had been serving as interim CISO for the past nine months.
“With so much work on the horizon in the areas of cybersecurity and data protection, we are very pleased that Leo will be joining Georgia Tech during this pivotal time,” Daren Hubbard, Georgia Tech’s chief information officer and vice president of IT, said in the press release.
Howell has served as the University of Oregon’s CISO since 2017, during which time he oversaw cybersecurity…
