Executive record
Trey Ford
Trey Ford was named Chief Information Security Officer at Deepwatch. The appointment was announced on April 2, 2024, per Business Wire.
Before the appointment: Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Vista Equity Partners, per the same source.
The record holds no later verification of the seat.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Trey Ford, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at Deepwatch
Source: Business Wire (company announcement) ↗ · Move record
Before April 2024· Earlier role
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Vista Equity Partners
Named in the announcement of the Deepwatch appointment · Source: Business Wire (company announcement) ↗
The appointment
Announced April 2, 2024 · Source: Business Wire (company announcement) ↗ · Move record
Trey Ford joined Deepwatch as Chief Information Security Officer on April 2, 2024. He will lead the company's Security and Information Technology teams. Ford previously served as Deputy CISO at Vista Equity Partners.
According to the release, Ford will also be responsible for keeping the company secure and resilient and for partnering with Deepwatch's customer community.
The company says Ford's more than 25 years of experience have been in program leadership focused on business-first security. According to the release, his work is grounded in incident response and based on learnings from both successful and unsuccessful offensive and defensive measures. The release says the measures behind Ford's work include public cloud, platform, network and application security. The company says that at Vista Equity Partners, Ford worked on cyber risk management and diligence for dozens of companies across exits, growth, integration and acquisition. Ford's earlier posts include Head of Trust and Chief Information Security Officer for Heroku at Salesforce, according to the company. The company says he was also General Manager of Black Hat and has held global consulting and strategic advisory roles.
Ford also said Deepwatch works as an extension of companies committed to detecting and responding to incidents, increasing visibility and speeding their return to business.
According to the company, the Deepwatch Managed Security Platform and its security experts give enterprises automated actions, reduced false positives, high fidelity alerts, rapid detections and 24/7/365 cyber resilience. The company says it operates as an extension of cybersecurity teams, offering response to threats and visibility across the attack surface.
The company: Deepwatch
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at Deepwatch: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- Deepwatch sells security products, filed under MDR and managed SOC. What it sells
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Trey Ford's, nearest first (8 of 10). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Dennis Dayman, Chief Information Security Officer at Code42
Jason Scott, Chief Information Security Officer at Sectigo
Kim Larsen, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Keepit
Richard Marcus, Chief Information Security Officer at AuditBoard
Wyman Lewis, Chief Information Security Officer at Apptega
Dean Macris, Chief Information Security Officer at Dispel
Ryan Black, Chief Information Security Officer at BlackCloak
Andrew Rose, Chief Security Officer at SoSafe
Record facts
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 30, 2026
- Cybersecurity Vendors in 2026
- 25 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
Questions about Trey Ford
- When did Trey Ford become CISO of Deepwatch?
- The appointment was announced on April 2, 2024, per Business Wire. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Is Trey Ford still the CISO of Deepwatch?
- The newest source the record holds for this seat is the appointment announced on April 2, 2024. It holds no later verification, so it does not state who holds the seat today.
- Where did Trey Ford work before Deepwatch?
- Before the appointment, Trey Ford was Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Vista Equity Partners, according to the announcement (Business Wire).
Sources
- 1.Business Wire (company announcement) ↗: the appointment at Deepwatch, April 2, 2024
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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