Business Advisory Council

Don Fierce | Lee Zeichner | John Tritak | Matt Bigge | Dixon Doll Jr.

Lee Zeichner

Lee M. Zeichner is President of Zeichner Risk Analytics, LLC. ZRA consults both industry and government on the development of critical infrastructure laws and regulations with an emphasis on risk governance, regulatory compliance, and emergency response and restoration planning. The company is especially active in working with the Federal government to develop programs covering national security and emergency preparedness for critical infrastructure owned or operated in the private sector.

Lee M. Zeichner is Publisher of the Zeichner Risk Assessment, a newsletter dedicated to critical infrastructure issues. The newsletter, which Mr. Zeichner began publishing in 2002, covers vulnerability and threat assessments, IT security, business continuity, liability, capital planning, and corporate governance.

ZRA also consults industry and government on the development of critical infrastructure programs as well as laws and regulations. Mr. Zeichner was senior counsel to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (1996-1997) and served as a legal consultant to the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (1998-2001). He now consults on critical infrastructure issues for the Department of Homeland Security, including the National Communications System and the National Cyber Security Division. He also serves as counsel for the Business Roundtable's Security Task Force and is a Visiting Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute.

Mr. Zeichner is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (1988 cum laude). He graduated from the University of Florida (B.A. 1983, Phi Beta Kappa) and received his Masters from Stanford University (M.A. 1984). Mr. Zeichner is a member of multiple bar associations, including the Florida and DC Bars, the Court of International Trade, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Mr. Zeichner recently completed the third edition of Cyber Security & Corporate Liability, a guide for corporate counsel on security and risk management, published by Lexis Publishing (June 2003).