Higher Ed Advisor: Lehigh University: how cybersecurity and compliance enable revenue generation in higher education

Welcome to Higher Ed Advisor, the Baker Tilly podcast series where we speak with higher education industry leaders about practical and proactive guidance that can help colleges and universities protect and enhance their value.

This podcast is the first episode in our cybersecurity series for higher education institutions.

Cybersecurity due diligence is increasingly becoming a standard across the higher education sector. Lehigh University’s Chief Information Security Officer, Eric Zematis, joins us on our Higher Education podcast series to explain the importance of investing in secure research computing infrastructure, its critical role in cybersecurity, and how this infrastructure directly relates to meeting guidelines and requirements for grants and other sources of funding. Further, we learn how Baker Tilly partnered with Eric and his teams at Lehigh University to prepare them for a host of regulatory obligations, including auditing and other conditions that come with the infrastructure.

Plus, hear Eric’s advice to higher institutions about how to view research computing infrastructure.

Meet this episode's guest speaker:

• Eric Zematis, Chief Information Security Officer, Lehigh University – Eric Zematis brings more than 25 years of experience in higher education to his role as chief information security officer at Lehigh University. In his previous roles, Eric held positions that supported the use of technology in academics as well as the administrative enterprise. For the last ten years, his sole focus has exclusively been within information security.