Ali Waezzadah

Cyber intelligence company iCOUNTER announced the appointment of Ali Waezzadah as Chief Information Security Officer the week of June 22, 2026. The announced date reflects the week of publication; the exact announcement day may differ by a few days.

The appointment came during a broader leadership build-out at the company, which named a Chief Operating Officer in the same period — the standard pattern of a security startup professionalizing its executive bench.

According to the release, Waezzadah will oversee security strategy and governance programs at iCOUNTER and help shape the company's continued growth. The release says Waezzadah will also work closely with industry stakeholders, partners and customers to advance threat-informed defense and proactive risk management. According to the company, he arrives as iCOUNTER expands its mission to help organizations shift from reactive defense toward proactive threat operations.

SecurityWeek reports that he previously built security programs at Paramount, CBS, Kroll and Frontier. The company says Waezzadah has more than twenty years of experience leading security transformations in enterprise, government, media and critical infrastructure environments. According to the release, Waezzadah also advised emerging cybersecurity technology companies at the time of the announcement, as they developed tools and services to protect organizations against modern threats. Waezzadah said iCOUNTER is building "a company focused on helping organizations understand adversaries before attacks occur."

The release says the platform lets organizations detect adversary intent early, determine risk at the edge of collection and operationalize remediation across suppliers, vendors, partners and connected systems. The company's website says iCOUNTER acquired PARSEINTEL in April 2026 to accelerate its CTOS platform by expanding technical intelligence and global collection capabilities.