Scott Jones is a Canadian official, who was appointed to head a cyber security agency, in 2018.
[2] Jones has Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Electronic Systems Engineering, and a Masters in Business Administration.
[1] He has held a variety of appointments, at the Assistant Deputy Minister level, including serving as a security advisor at the Privy Council Office.
[5] The Register characterized his confidence that Canadian precautions precluded the need for an outright ban on Huawei bidding on government contracts as a "dig" against his Australian opposite numbers.
United States Senators Marco Rubio and Mark Warner sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warning him Canada should not trust Huawei, triggered by Jones's testimony.