2026 Distinguished Alumni Award
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Arthur Deane
BS '08
Arthur Deane is the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Discover Financial Services. He was previously the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer of the Card business at Capital One. He is a seasoned information security professional with nearly 20 years of experience building security programs and teams at multiple global organizations. Prior to Discover and Capital One, Arthur held security leadership roles at Google, Amazon, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as security engineering roles at various U.S. Government agencies.
Arthur is an Adjunct Professor at American University and a member of the Computer Science Advisory Board at Howard University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and a master’s degree in information security from the University of Maryland. Arthur holds numerous industry certifications and is also the author of CCSP for Dummies and co-author of The Official (ISC)2 CISSP CBK Reference, 6th Edition.
2026 Distinguished Alumni Award
Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Arthur Deane
BS '08
Arthur Deane is the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Discover Financial Services. He was previously the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer of the Card business at Capital One. He is a seasoned information security professional with nearly 20 years of experience building security programs and teams at multiple global organizations. Prior to Discover and Capital One, Arthur held security leadership roles at Google, Amazon, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as security engineering roles at various U.S. Government agencies.
Arthur is an Adjunct Professor at American University and a member of the Computer Science Advisory Board at Howard University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and a master’s degree in information security from the University of Maryland. Arthur holds numerous industry certifications and is also the author of CCSP for Dummies and co-author of The Official (ISC)2 CISSP CBK Reference, 6th Edition.