Virginia Tech appoints David Raymond as Associate Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

Virginia Tech named David Raymond associate vice president and chief information security officer in July 2026. Per the university's announcement, the appointment aligns with an administrative policy update establishing a clear point of coordination for security-related compliance work.

Higher-education CISO seats are being redefined by exactly this pressure: research universities now carry CMMC, export-control, and federal research-security obligations that demand a single accountable executive. Pairing the CISO title with an AVP rank — and anchoring it to a policy change — is how institutions signal that the role now sits in the compliance chain of command, not just the IT org chart.