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Trey Ford

CISO Tribune executive record: Trey Ford, CISO at Deepwatch

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.

  1. · Appointment

    Named Chief Information Security Officer at Deepwatch

    Source: Business Wire (company announcement) ↗ · Move record

  2. 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

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

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Record facts

Moves on the record
1 confirmed move, each with its source
On the record since
September 30, 2026

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. 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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