Cybersecurity and AI consulting · Pobal Cyber
We Enable
Collaborative Defense
We help your organization leverage, deploy and manage AI agents, and optimize its cybersecurity operations by leveraging an open, collaborative approach within the broader cybersecurity ecosystem.
$499 AI agentlaunch package
What we do
Measurable outcomes,
not point-products or hype cycles.
Cybersecurity Consulting
From ground-up threat management strategy to refining what you already have — we demystify the landscape and focus on outcomes.
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Defense Intelligence Operations
Stay ahead of emerging threats with a defense intelligence program that taps the best-of-breed expertise of the wider community.
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Security Data Consulting
Deep expertise in STIX, OCSF, TAXII, SIGMA and more — get the most out of the security data you already gather.
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AI Consulting
AI agent design, AI security design, risk management, and engineering — adopt AI with confidence, guided by deep security expertise.
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Your first AI agent —
built and deployed for $499
An out-of-the-box offer for SMBs: we design, build, and deploy an AI agent for one specific use case in your business — combining our AI and cybersecurity expertise so it’s useful and safe from day one.
- One focused use case, scoped during a 60-minute consultation
- Designed, built, and deployed by experts
- Security and risk management built in
The customer is responsible for their ongoing AI and infrastructure costs after the engagement period.
Why collaborative defense
No one defends alone.
“Pobal” is the Irish word for community — and community is the strongest control in modern security. Attackers collaborate; defenders should too. We build programs that plug your organization into the open standards, shared intelligence, and collective expertise of the broader ecosystem.
- Open standards over vendor lock-in
- Shared intelligence over siloed alerts
- Measurable outcomes over shelfware
About Pobal Cyber
Jason Keirstead
President
Jason Keirstead is a 25-year veteran of the cybersecurity industry and a recognized leader in collaborative defense. Before founding Pobal Cyber, he served as a Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Threat Management at IBM Security, and has spent his career at the intersection of security operations, threat intelligence, and open standards.
Jason has co-chaired the Open Cybersecurity Alliance and contributed to the open standards that power modern security operations — including STIX, TAXII, and OCSF — and today applies that same expertise to helping organizations adopt AI safely. He is based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Jason holds the CISSP, CRISC, and CISM certifications.
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