Assistant Vice President and CISO
Stacy Cahill serves as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where she functions as the university’s senior information security executive. In this role, she creates and executes UMBC’s IT security strategy, oversees cybersecurity operations, and supports privacy, policy, and legal compliance efforts. Reporting to the Vice President for Information Technology/CIO, Stacy collaborates with senior leaders, faculty, staff, and students to mature a user-centered cybersecurity program that safeguards teaching, research, and campus services.
Stacy brings extensive information technology experience to the university, with a career spanning over two decades in the field. Before joining UMBC, she served as the Chief Information Security Officer at the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. Her background encompasses software development, middleware administration, enterprise architecture, and identity and access management. Throughout her career, she has focused on balancing critical business needs with supportive cybersecurity strategies, ensuring that IT system design actively works to reduce organizational risk. An alumna of UMBC, Stacy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems in 2001.
Stacy is focused on driving UMBC’s long-term cybersecurity assurance and digital trust strategies, transforming the university’s security posture into a proactive and resilient model. She leads broad initiatives to institutionalize baseline security practices, modernize governance and risk compliance, and leverage emerging technologies like artificial intelligence to enhance threat detection. Stacy is equally dedicated to cultivating strategic partnerships and mentoring the next generation of professionals. She actively champions hands-on student learning pipelines, providing direct mentorship within UMBC’s student-powered Security Operations Center as well as engaging with campus scholar programs like Scholarship for Service (SFS) and the Center for Women In Technology (CWIT). When she isn’t evaluating digital threats, Stacy applies her inherent risk-assessment skills to the physical world—navigating and evaluating lines on local mountain bike trails.