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:
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This originally published in The AI Journey at ASU, AI in motion (vol. 4) Arizona State University President Michael M. Crow authored a foreword for the spring 2026 installment of The AI Journey at ASU. These insights provide an inside look at…
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Arizona State University students and faculty now can add another professional-grade artificial intelligence-powered technology to their growing toolsets. Kiro provides an agentic coding assistant powered by AI that helps developers build…
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The future of learning is not defined by smarter tools alone; it is shaped by how those tools serve the people who teach and learn. That vision anchored Arizona State University’s Future of Learning Community (FOLC) Fest, a two-day event where…
Driven by a commitment to collaborate early with industry leaders, Arizona State University welcomed OpenAI’s education and health leadership to campus last week to advance strategic conversations around learning outcomes, certifications and…
When students in Arizona State University’s AI Scholars Program asked for more engaged, industry-relevant experiences over winter break, multiple teams across the university collaborated to make those opportunities happen.
Spend Data Privacy Day with our team! Join Lester, Ben and a panel of privacy experts for a virtual discussion on Jan. 28 from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. MST. The one-hour virtual panel will surface the practical steps leaders and workforces can take to…
ASU Enterprise Technology is celebrating the dedicated employees who have reached milestone years in their service to ASU and the Sun Devil community through the annual Service Awards. Every anniversary represents years of problem-solving,…
A new wave of AI innovation is happening at Arizona State University — and it’s being student-built. Student interns with the university’s AI Acceleration team are pitching potential AI solutions designed to improve campus services and enhance…
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This year, ASU Enterprise Technology photographers captured the stories of ASU’s teams, students and success. To ring in the new year, we’re showcasing more than 20 snapshots and some of our favorite…
Throughout the fall semester, Enterprise Technology continued to advance innovation across ASU, with artificial intelligence remaining at the center of this vital work. Students and faculty engaged with new events and initiatives examining…