Zack Gable

About Zack Gable

Zack is a Chief Information Security Officer & Associate CIO who builds high performing, people centered teams to safeguard patient care and enable digital transformation. With 16+ years across cybersecurity, internal audit, operational risk, and IT risk, he combines strategic vision with disciplined execution to reduce enterprise risk and elevate organizational resilience. As an IT executive, Zack places a strong emphasis on business enablement, ensuring that technology initiatives not only protect organizational assets but also empower teams to achieve strategic goals. He champions solutions that drive operational efficiency, support innovation, and foster collaboration across departments, positioning IT as a true partner in advancing the organization’s mission.Zack’s leadership philosophy focuses on developing leaders first and outcomes will follow. He invests in mentorship, clear career paths, and leadership competencies, and fosters engagement through leadership forums, team workshops, and individualized development planning. The result is a culture of collaboration, transparency, and continuous learning that consistently improves performance and retention while growing the next generation of IT and security leaders.On the strategy front, Zack steers multi year, metrics driven cyber roadmaps tightly aligned to business priorities. He translates complex risk into clear initiatives and measurable outcomes—spanning insider risk, executive preparedness & incident response, medical device security, vulnerability and attack surface management, policy management, data protection, and third party risk—while integrating KPIs/KRIs and periodic independent control assessments to ensure sustained maturation.Zack is academically grounded with an M.S. in Cybersecurity and holds an active CISSP and past GCIH, CEH, and Security+ certifications. His industry experience spans Healthcare, Utilities, Energy, Entertainment, Manufacturing, Technology, Pharmaceutical, and Financial Services, with extensive coverage and expertise across both Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) environments.

Experience

1. Chief Information Security Officer & Associate CIO

   Geisinger

   Sep 2025 — Present

Education

• Penn State University

  B.S., Information Sciences and Technology, Security and Risk Analysis (Cybersecurity)

  2006 — 2010

• University of Maryland Global Campus

  M.S., Cybersecurity

  2012 — 2015

Skills

• Information Security Management
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Fisma
• Security Audits
• Vmware
• Information Technology
• Security Clearance
• Analysis
• Software Documentation
• Technical Support
• Leadership
• Information Security
• Dod
• Cissp
• Operating Systems
• Security
• Information Assurance
• Computer Security
• Troubleshooting
• Network Security