Our Team

Leila Mamedova
President

Ms. Leila Mamedova is the Co-Founder and Managing Principal of B&M Cyber, where she leads company strategy and operations with a focus on delivering high-impact cybersecurity and risk management services to federal clients. With over 25 years of experience advising government agencies, mission-driven organizations, and private sector partners, Ms. Mamedova excels at aligning technical support with client priorities. She plays a central role in shaping service offerings—ranging from RMF implementation to cyber defense and continuous monitoring—to ensure they are tailored to each client’s operational environment and compliance needs. Her leadership ensures that B&M Cyber remains both a trusted partner to federal agencies and an employer of choice for top cybersecurity talent.

"As a business specializing in cybersecurity, we are able to provide custom-tailored cybersecurity support services that are delivered by dedicated, highly-experienced technical experts. We serve as partners to our clients, and we are there every step of the way."

Jason Bakelar
CYBERSECurity PRINCIPAL

Mr. Jason Bakelar, CISSP, CISA, CGEIT, CDPSE, PMP, is a senior cybersecurity leader with over 25 years of experience delivering strategic and technical cybersecurity and privacy support to federal agencies. As Cybersecurity Principal at B&M Cyber, he provides programmatic and technical oversight of B&M’s cybersecurity engagements, ensuring alignment with agency missions and evolving risk landscapes. Mr. Bakelar has extensive experience advising CISOs, CIOs, and executive stakeholders on cybersecurity risk management, cyber defense, incident response, security engineering, independent assessment, and cyber program strengthening initiatives. His innovation-focused, results-driven leadership helps ensure that B&M’s services meet or exceed client requirements and deliver effective cyber solutions across complex federal environments.

“We work with our clients to establish, mature, and operate their cyber programs, processes, and capabilities in a way that extends beyond compliance to holistic vulnerability and risk management. We are an agile, innovation-focused, results-driven organization, and we pride ourselves on helping our clients continuously enhance their cyber programs and capabilities while simultaneously driving greater value out of limited cyber budgets and resources.”