Zach Lewis has spent his career asking for things before anyone offered them. In this episode of The New CISO, he joins Steve Moore from Black Hat in Las Vegas to trace a path from fixing neighbors’ laptops to running IT and security for a university — and to explain why he wrote a book about it.
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Zach Lewis
Zach Lewis currently serves as the CIO and CISO for the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and chairs the Enterprise Risk Management committee. Zach has over 15 years’ experience working in Tech Start-ups, Energy, Higher Education, and Consulting. He is an officer in the St. Louis Chapter of InfraGard, which is a partnership between the FBI and private sector for the protection of U.S. Critical Infrastructure.
Zach was awarded St. Louis Non-Profit CISO of the Year and the St. Louis Business Journal 40 under 40. He’s a graduate of the FBI CISO Academy. His first published book, Locked Up: Cybersecurity Threat Mitigation Lessons from A Real-World LockBit Ransomware Response was released in January 2026. Zach provides his industry expertise to others by speaking at conferences, webinars, and universities throughout the country.
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