Jason Weden
Principal Cybersecurity Architect & AI Risk Specialist at Staples
Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJason Weden is a Principal Cybersecurity Architect and AI Risk Specialist with 15+ years of hands-on experience designing secure cloud and application architectures across enterprise and regulated environments. Based in Massachusetts, he builds pragmatic, automation-first security programs—founding AI governance, secure SDLC, threat modeling, and continuous risk assessment practices that balance pro-innovation AI delivery with measurable controls. He has deep experience securing Azure/GCP microservices, Kubernetes, CI/CD and third‑party integrations while aligning programs to NIST CSF, PCI, HIPAA/HITRUST and privacy laws. Jason is equally comfortable approving Terraform PRs and writing Azure API audit scripts as he is briefing VPs and guiding security champions embedded in scrum teams. A former developer and quality engineer, he leverages coding and test automation roots to translate technical risk into actionable policies and measurable metrics.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Cisco Certified Network Professional Network Engineering, Cisco Certified Network Professional Network Engineering at NHTI, Concord's Community CollegeBachelor of Arts Psychology, Bachelor of Arts Psychology at University at AlbanyVarious Online Courses on Cybersecurity Development and Testing Programming & Testing, Various Online Courses on Cybersecurity Development and Testing Programming & Testing at PluralSightGraduate Certificate Software Engineering, Graduate Certificate Software Engineering at Brandeis University
English, Portuguese
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Github Skills (10)
mochajs6
unit-testing6
jasmine-jquery6
jasmine6
configurations6
javascript6
jquery6
fileio6
nist5
authentication5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jweden/enhancedTestNG
Apr 2011 - Jun 2011
Contributions:6 commits in 1 month
jweden/ScalaTestNGDemo
Dec 2011 - Feb 2012
Contributions:10 commits in 2 months
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