Cedric Bennett

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Cedric Bennett
Emeritus Director, Information Security Services
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA  94306-2734


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Ced Bennett has worked in senior management in higher education IT for thirty years. As Director of Information Security Services for Stanford University he led a department tasked with building awareness and driving change in individual and organizational behavior with regard to increasing institutional information security. Prior to joining Stanford he held IT leadership positions in the electronics, wholesale/retail, health care, and IT services industries.

Ced is a frequent speaker at professional conferences and seminars. He is currently a member of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force, and served as program chair for the 2004 Security Professionals Workshop. Among his many contributions to the field, he was instrumental in the creation and direction of the CAUSE Management Institute (now the EDUCAUSE Leadership and Management Institutes) and served as a faculty member through 1997. He was also a founding faculty member of the CAUDIT-EDUCAUSE Institute held in Australia serving on the faculty from 1998 to 2001. He was a member of the CAUSE Board of Directors from 1985 through 1989, serving as chairman in 1987.