Aaron Collie is the Assistant Director of Research Data Security at Princeton University where he is responsible for developing, maintaining, communicating, and ensuring a coordinated approach to University-wide policies and procedures regarding sensitive and restricted research data sets, including but not limited to:
- Federal Contract Information (FCI)
- Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
- Protected Health Information (PHI)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
- Presidential Memorandum on United States Government-Supported Research and Development National Security Policy (NSPM-33)
Background:
Aaron has over 12 years of experience leading organizations in the development of data and information management capabilities. Prior to joining Princeton, Aaron served as the Manager for Privacy Engineering at the University of Illinois where he led university-wide training and outreach on privacy-enhancing technology, advocated for privacy by design (PbD) development patterns and the established foundational privacy engineering policy and controls.
Previously, Aaron worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis where he was responsible for managing the national support office for a historical data preservation enclave, ensuring compliance with NIST 800-137 and NIST 800-53, and at Michigan State University where he co-founded and led the cross-campus Research Data Management Guidance service. Aaron holds a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science with a specialization in Data Curation Education.