Cybersecurity Advisory That Aligns Security to Business Growth
Z Cyber delivers practitioner-led cybersecurity advisory across NIST CSF assessments, NIST RMF implementation, AI security governance, compliance readiness, vCISO services, and managed security operations. We exist because too many organizations treat cybersecurity as a paperwork exercise — checking boxes, collecting reports, and hoping for the best. We take a different approach.
Every engagement is led by practitioners who have spent decades building, breaking, and defending enterprise networks. We deliver clear findings, honest risk analysis, and governance frameworks your team can actually execute — not 200-page reports that gather dust on a shelf.
Structured Without Overengineering
Our mission is to help organizations understand their true security posture and build a governance program that reflects their actual risk, budget, and operational reality. We believe that meaningful cybersecurity starts with honest assessment — not inflated maturity scores, not rubber-stamped audits, and not fear-driven sales pitches.
Every engagement we take on begins with understanding the specific threats, regulatory landscape, and operational reality of the organization we are working with. From there, we conduct rigorous assessments grounded in established frameworks — NIST CSF, NIST RMF, ISO 27001 — and deliver findings that are prioritized by actual risk, not theoretical severity.
The result is a security program that reflects your budget, your team's capacity, and the threats that matter most to your business. We identify quick wins alongside long-term governance improvements, so you can start reducing risk from day one while building toward a mature, resilient cybersecurity program.
Meet Our Managing Director
Z Cyber advisory engagements are led by a practitioner who has spent over two decades in the trenches — not a project manager reading from a playbook.
Jason Lee
Managing Director
Background
Jason Lee is a seasoned cybersecurity and operations executive with over two decades of hands-on experience in the field. He spent eighteen years as a technical practitioner — building firewall architectures, running vulnerability management programs, conducting network penetration testing, and designing SD-WAN implementations for enterprise environments. After nearly 20 years in the trenches, Jason returned to school and earned his Executive MBA from Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of Business, elevating his expertise beyond the technical domain into strategic cybersecurity leadership, risk governance, and business alignment.
This combination of deep technical expertise and executive business acumen is what sets Z Cyber apart. Jason doesn't just understand the frameworks — he has lived the operational reality of implementing security controls at scale, managing incident response under pressure, and translating complex risk findings into language that boards and executive teams can act on.
Areas of Expertise
Experience
25+ years in cybersecurity operations, advisory, and consulting
Backed by 25 Years of Enterprise Delivery
Z Cyber operates as the dedicated cybersecurity advisory practice of Ztek Consulting, a technology consulting firm that has served Fortune 500 organizations for over 25 years. That foundation gives us something most boutique security firms lack: deep enterprise relationships, battle-tested delivery processes, and a bench of senior talent across cybersecurity, infrastructure, and cloud engineering.
When your security needs extend beyond advisory — whether you require dedicated security engineers, technology implementation support, or ongoing strategic advisory — the full capabilities of Ztek Consulting are at your disposal. A single trusted partner from initial assessment through remediation and into continuous security operations.
See How Z Cyber Can Strengthen Your Security Posture
Tell us about your organization and security challenges. We'll walk you through our approach and scope an engagement tailored to your needs — no pressure, no generic pitches.
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