Jawed Ahmad.

ABOUT

From strategy to the SOC floor

I’m a cybersecurity and technology leader, author, and speaker. Over more than 20 years in technology and security, I’ve worked across infrastructure, security architecture, and managed security operations. That experience shapes how I lead today. I start with the decisions analysts and security leaders face during an incident, then work backward to the technology and processes that can help them make better decisions.

Building and running security operations

I’ve led technology teams and helped modernize security operations for enterprises and critical infrastructure operators. I helped launch an Autonomous SOC service and bring Firewall Operations and DDoS protection services to market. Across those launches, the work was as much about defining how teams deliver the service day to day as it was about designing the technology behind it.

When I bring AI into security operations, I ask where it can save an analyst time and where a decision still needs human judgment. An AI system can assemble evidence for an investigation. An action that could disrupt a customer’s business requires explicit authority, a record of what happened, and a way to verify the outcome. Those distinctions guide how I approach automation and AI governance.

Writing, speaking, and advising

I write for practitioners and leaders who have to make these choices in real environments. In Augmented Security Operations, I explore how SOC teams can introduce AI and automation into investigations and response.

I also serve on the advisory board of the Queen’s Centre for Security and Privacy, where I contribute an industry perspective to strategy and long-range planning. Through that work and speaking engagements, I get to bring practical security problems into conversations with researchers, students, and the people designing the next generation of security systems.

Family and life beyond work

Outside of work, I’m a parent, and I’m part of the local writing community in Caledon, Ontario. Caledon Public Library’s Artful Caledon author profile is one of the ways my writing has connected me with the community here.

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