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UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM<br />

162<br />

“When I started<br />

in 2015, it took<br />

us about 800<br />

minutes to close<br />

out a phishing<br />

attack. Today<br />

we do it in 11”<br />

—<br />

Dr Curtis Carver,<br />

Vice President and <strong>Chief</strong> Information Officer<br />

He has been with UAB since 2015<br />

and, under his leadership, the university<br />

has had over 420 ‘wins’. Carver defines<br />

a ‘win’ as a concern raised by the<br />

community, which is met with solutions<br />

that are validated as successful by staff<br />

and students, while in line with the<br />

strategic plan. Averaging around 100<br />

wins a year, Carver could not begin to<br />

list all of the achievements, but shared<br />

with us some from the 2017 and 2018<br />

reports. This year marks the university’s<br />

50th anniversary, which has seen the<br />

University of Alabama at Birmingham<br />

ranked number one amongst young<br />

AUGUST <strong>2019</strong>

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