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Meet Your Security Advisor

Not a team of rotating consultants. Not a junior analyst reading from a playbook. You work directly with the founder.

I'm Tanner Harrison, CISSP, the founder of CyberCascadia LLC and the person you'll actually work with. Not a junior analyst. Not a project manager. Me.

By day, I'm an Enterprise Sales Engineer at Fortinet, which means I spend my working hours deep inside enterprise security architecture, firewall design, network segmentation, zero trust, SD-WAN, the full stack. I've sat across from CISOs at companies with 10,000 employees and helped them build security programs from the ground up. I know what good looks like.

I started CyberCascadia because I kept seeing the same thing: small and mid-sized businesses in Tacoma, Spokane, and Northern Idaho with real security exposure and no one to help them. Not because the expertise doesn't exist, but because the firms that have it are priced for Seattle or focused on selling managed services, not giving honest advice.

CyberCascadia is advisory-only by design. I don't manage firewalls, sell software, or run a SOC. I have no product to push and no service to upsell. My job is to give you the same caliber of security leadership a Fortune 500 CISO provides, at a price that makes sense for a 50-person business in Pierce County.

I'm based in Bonney Lake, WA. I show up to Chamber events. I know this region. And I'm genuinely here to help the businesses that bigger firms don't think are worth their time.

CISSP, Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Enterprise Sales Engineer, Fortinet

13+ Years in Cybersecurity

ISC2 Center for Cyber Safety Volunteer

Based in Bonney Lake, WA

Our Approach

How we're different from every other cybersecurity firm.

Advisory-Only. Always.

We don't sell products, manage firewalls, or run a SOC. When we recommend a solution, it's because it's right for your business, not because we earn a commission. That independence is the foundation of everything we do.

One Person. No Handoffs.

National vCISO firms assign you to a team that rotates. At CyberCascadia, you work directly with Tanner Harrison, CISSP. I know your business, your environment, your risks. No re-explaining. No lost context.

Local. Not Remote-Only.

We're based in Bonney Lake, WA. We meet in person across Pierce County, Spokane, and Northern Idaho. We attend your Chamber events. We know the business community because we're part of it.

Fixed Pricing. No Surprises.

We don't bill by the hour. Every engagement has a fixed monthly fee based on your organization's size and complexity. You know what you're paying before we start. No scope creep. No surprise invoices.

Enterprise Expertise. SMB Focus.

I work with Fortinet's largest enterprise customers daily. That experience informs every recommendation I make, but I translate it into practical, right-sized guidance for businesses with 10 to 500 employees.

MSP Partner, Not Competitor.

We don't replace your IT team or MSP. We provide the strategic security layer that sits above them, risk governance, compliance, executive reporting, and vendor oversight. We make your existing team better.

The Model

Why advisory-only matters.

Most vCISO firms also sell managed security services, monitoring, MDR, SOC-as-a-service. That creates a conflict of interest. When your security advisor profits from selling you more tools, how do you know their recommendations are unbiased?

Imagine asking your financial advisor which stocks to buy, and then learning they earn a commission on every trade. Would you trust that advice? That's exactly what happens when your cybersecurity advisor also sells the products they recommend.

CyberCascadia earns nothing from what you buy. We have no product partnerships, no referral fees, no reseller margins. When we say "your current firewall is fine" or "you need to replace your EDR," it's because that's the truth, not because one answer pays us more than the other.

That's the only way to give advice you can actually trust.

Giving Back

Cybersecurity education for everyone.

Through ISC2's Center for Cyber Safety and Education, I deliver free cybersecurity awareness presentations to schools, senior centers, churches, and community organizations across Washington and Idaho. Online safety isn't just a business problem, it's a community problem. And everyone deserves access to the knowledge that keeps them safe.

Learn about our community programs →

K-12

Internet safety for students

Adults

Phishing & fraud prevention

Seniors

Scam awareness & protection

SMBs

Cybersecurity essentials

Ready to talk?

A 30-minute discovery call is just a conversation. No pitch, no proposal, no commitment. We'll talk about your business, your risks, and whether CyberCascadia is the right fit. If we're not, I'll tell you.

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