Arkansas’ Cybersecurity Leadership Spotlight – Security Boulevard
Arkansas’ Cybersecurity Leadership Spotlight – Security Boulevard
https://securityboulevard.com/2026/04/arkansas-cybersecurity-leadership-spotlight/
Publish Date: 2026-04-01 19:11:00
Source Domain: securityboulevard.com
Arkansas has built a cybersecurity leadership bench that reaches across healthcare, higher education, state government, insurance, data services, and enterprise technology. The leaders in this feature reflect that range. Some are securing major academic and medical institutions, some are shaping statewide cyber strategy, and others are leading mature programs inside nationally recognized private-sector organizations. Together, they show how much depth Arkansas now has in cybersecurity leadership.
Stephen Tycer — Chief Information Security Officer, University of Arkansas
Stephen Tycer serves as Chief Information Security Officer at the University of Arkansas. His inclusion in this spotlight reflects the growing importance of cyber leadership inside the state’s major higher education institutions, where security leaders are helping protect research, academic systems, institutional data, and increasingly complex digital environments.
Dennis DeLong — Chief Information Security Officer, Arkansas Children’s
Dennis DeLong is Chief Information Security Officer at Arkansas Children’s, where he previously served as Director of Information Security before stepping into the top security role. Before Arkansas Children’s, he held security roles at USAble Life and Dillard’s, giving him a background that spans healthcare, insurance, retail, and enterprise architecture. That mix gives him a broad operational foundation for leading security in one of Arkansas’s most important healthcare organizations.
Gary Vance — Chief Information Security Officer, Arkansas Department of Information Systems
Gary Vance is Chief Information Security Officer at the Arkansas Department of Information Systems and also brings decades of security and infrastructure experience from Acxiom. His background includes leadership in global cyber security operations, governance, risk, compliance, internal audit, threat detection, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and…
