Hsiawen Hull is the Chief Information Security Officer for the California Community Colleges Security Center, hosted at College of the Canyons, where he leads cybersecurity strategy across the largest higher education system in the country — 116 colleges serving 2 million students.

With nearly 30 years at College of the Canyons, Hsiawen has spent much of his career growing the next generation of security professionals. He runs a mentorship program supporting more than 30 students and helped build a student Security Operations Center where analysts do real work protecting real institutions.

Hsiawen has also been developing and deploying AI agentic tools to strengthen how the Security Center detects and responds to threats — a meaningful part of how the CCC stays ahead of an evolving threat landscape.

He is a member of the ISC2 Advisory Board and recipient of the 2026 MS-ISAC Innovation & Best Practices Award. He has represented the California Community Colleges at the EDUCAUSE Privacy and Security Conference and works closely with the California Department of Technology, Cal-CSIC, and peer systems across the UC and CSU.