Our tenets
These are the founding principles that guide our work at ASU and beyond.
ASU Information Security and Digital Trust
To truly respect the user, we must respect their data.
As more of our learning, working and living takes place in the digital realm, what and who do you trust? ASU Information Security and Digital Trust (ISDT) is grounded in transparency, security, privacy and empowerment to foster relationships of trust: trust between our institutions, learners and staff; trust between learners and employers; trust between our institutions and the workforce.
ASU’s ISDT leads work and initiatives that uniquely influence our constituents’ experience of digital life. We aim to lead by example with our own commitment to digital trust by providing transparency and clarity around our practices that require trust.
Our tenets in action
These examples are concrete projects, initiatives and events developing and impacting a new vision of information security and digital trust at ASU.
Our leadership
Providing the vision and strategy to move forward our tenets in action and guide the development of new initiatives at Enterprise Technology and ASU:
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Lester GodseyChief Information Security Officer |
In the news
Dive into recent events, discussions and activities exploring the concepts of data privacy, cybersecurity and learner empowerment:
This story was published as part of the spring 2025 edition of The AI Journey at ASU.
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Instead of cramming for a final exam, ASU graduate students in DCI 691: Human Creativity in AI presented the custom GPTs they developed in an end-of-semester showcase on Monday, April 21 in the Creativity Commons atrium. From language learners to…
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This story was published as part of the spring 2025 edition of The AI Journey at ASU. In a course focused on identifying community-related issues and proposing action-driven solutions, ASU undergraduate students are using custom GPTs to…
Temperatures are rising across the valley, indicating that summer—and a new semester—are just around the corner. As always, each new semester calls for updated classroom configurations that account for individual faculty members’ software needs.…
This story was first published as part of the spring 2025 edition of The AI Journey at ASU.
This story was first published as part of the spring 2025 edition of The AI Journey at ASU.At Arizona State University, the pursuit of knowledge extends far beyond the classroom. While students gain expertise in lecture halls and labs, ASU…
This story was first published as part of the spring 2025 edition of The AI Journey at ASU.
At a time when artificial intelligence (AI), digital platforms, personalized learning tools and new workforce demands are transforming education, the pace of change is unprecedented — and the potential impact is limitless.
Core to the mission of ASU Enterprise Technology — the university’s central IT division — is placing advanced technologies into the hands of Sun Devil faculty, staff and students. However, as ASU President Michael M. Crow recently stated in a…
What does learning look like in the year 2075? How do we prepare for a world shaped by AI, a skills economy, and technologies we haven’t yet imagined?
Arizona State University is home to one of the largest Salesforce implementations in higher education. And today, the university is among the first to leverage Salesforce’s newest AI product: Agentforce. The proof of concept was drafted and…
The seventh annual Smart Region Summit tackled the impact and implications of an AI-powered digital twin with goals of advancing urban development and addressing social needs, along with other AI tools to advance local smart regions.
Enterprise Technology is enhancing our community’s security posture with a new “Report Phishing” button for Exchange, Outlook, and OWA. As of March 1, community members can now report phishing emails directly to the Security Operations Center (SOC)…
Imagine a Sun Devil who never sees the sun. In Dungeon Unexplorer, you play as the final boss of a deep, dark dungeon, who is ready to defeat adventurers, solve puzzles, and climb up the levels of the dungeon to feel the warmth of the sun…
When talking to Torey Takahashi about stand out moments in her career, mentorship plays a critical role — both as support she received and guidance provided to others. Takahashi first stepped on the ASU campus as a student at Ira A. Fulton…
As hackathons continue to bridge classroom learning with real-world applications, they offer students valuable opportunities to apply their skills to diverse challenges. The Zoom AI on Campus Spark Challenge exemplified this trend as students…
This past fall, Enterprise Technology renewed its goals of tackling large-scale issues and contributing to social good by launching new tools, initiatives, events and more to help shape the current digital landscape into a future-proof, AI-enhanced…
Research shows that parental involvement in a child’s education leads to positive student outcomes – including academic success, social and emotional development, better attendance and graduation rates.