IT Transformation Projects 

This project was intended to establish and define a coordinated universitywide governance model to facilitate effective IT decision-making in service to the needs of the university. The six committees that make up the governance model meet regularly to provide a framework to enable well-informed decision-making that aligns with Virginia Tech’s mission and defines measures of accountability for related processes.

The IT Procurement process is intended to manage the process of software and hardware acquisition while safeguarding the university from malicious or unsafe software or hardware products. The process may involve multiple reviews in the areas of IT security, law, accessibility, and finance, as well as vendors who may not be motivated to return answers to the university’s queries. Over recent years as demands for software and the corresponding backlog of software procurement requests have grown, the need to find new ways to streamline these processes and provide a higher level of customer service for our university constituents has become more urgent.

This project will elevate Virginia Tech's minimum security standards to align with the Center for Internet Security’s (CIS) Critical Security Controls v8 IG2 safeguards.