Jason Maynard

Senior Consulting Systems Engineer Cybersecurity
Global Security Sales Organization

Jason has been architecting, designing, and deploying security technologies that secure the most complex computing environments for almost 2 decades.

His understanding of technologies, people, and process enable him to deliver effective, comprehensive security solutions that align to an organizations security goals and strategic imperatives.

Jason is adept at addressing a range of risk profiles across industry verticals; skills he has cultivated as an end-user security practitioner, partner/integrator, and now manufacturer as Consulting Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity for Cisco Systems.

Jason has developed common and best practice guides for Firepower and has delivered training sessions globally focusing on NGFW. Jason also holds over multiple designations across a variety of products and technologies including the CCIE designation.

Find more of Jason's work on our main Cisco Blogs site.

Articles

Security
Canadian Bacon Series: Penetration Testing vs. Breach Attack Simulation

3 min read
Jason Maynard - May 15, 2024 - 0 Comments

At the Vancouver International Security and Privacy Summit, we discussed the difference between Penetration Testing and Breach Attack Simulation (BAS) when constructing a robust defensive architecture and enhancing defensive capabilities.
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Unveiling Cyber Strategies: Navigating the Realm of Cybersecurity

4 min read
Jason Maynard - February 1, 2024 - 0 Comments

When a new year begins, I always find myself curious about certain things. This time, my question was: What do you focus on when strengthening your defensive capabilities?
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Canadian Bacon: Cybersecurity Month and Community Superhero’s

5 min read
Jason Maynard - October 19, 2023 - 0 Comments

We all know that cybersecurity is not a one and done type of exercise. It involves continuous due diligence on everyone’s part and October is an entire month focused on
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The Canadian Bacon: Cisco Security and the Pyramid of Pain

2 min read
Jason Maynard - August 26, 2020 - 0 Comments

Recently, I have been exploring the Pyramid of Pain, a concept that was first introduced in 2013 by cybersecurity expert David J Bianco. The “pain” in his concept refers to…
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The Canadian Bacon: Are your Work-From-Home Users Secure?

4 min read
Jason Maynard - June 11, 2020 - 0 Comments

Companies everywhere have ramped up their remote access platforms to ensure that work can continue during the pandemic. Jason explores the added threat vector that comes with work from home
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Baseline Cybersecurity Controls for Small and Medium Organizations

8 min read
Jason Maynard - November 8, 2019 - 1 Comment

The Government of Canada has created a cybersecurity baseline for small and medium businesses to help these organizations with their resiliency through investment in cybersecurity. This is fantastic as…
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The Canadian Bacon: Security Alert and it’s 5PM on Friday

3 min read
Jason Maynard - July 26, 2019 - 0 Comments

It’s 5PM on Friday and you are about to pack it in and head out with friends and family for the weekend and it happens. The phone rings and it’s…
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The Canadian Bacon: The same old approach to security

4 min read
Jason Maynard - June 25, 2019 - 0 Comments

The same old approach to security focuses on adding point-products to the solution stack in hopes to gain additional security effectiveness. This approach has been taken by many companies for…
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The Canadian Bacon Series: Securing your Operational Environment

3 min read
Jason Maynard - May 17, 2019 - 0 Comments

I recently attended the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) “Dare to Compete” event in Winnipeg, where like-minded people come together to share their experiences and ideas for the greater good…
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The Canadian Bacon Series: Creating a Supported Security Architecture

3 min read
Jason Maynard - April 16, 2019 - 0 Comments

As security practitioners we pride ourselves on our ability to respond quickly to remediate threats and minimize the impact they have on our business. We all know at some point…
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