
"Since we're talking cybersecurity, let's start with iDEFENSE. I bought the company in 2002 as an investor rather than an operator, then subsequently became CEO. As the first commercial cyber threat intelligence vendor, we established the first global zero day acquisition program and created the 'Responsible Disclosure' process driving software companies to accelerate their patch creation and rollout schedule. This was ground breaking and the initiation of the bug bounty world we live in today."
"In 2007, I founded iSIGHT Partners and took cyber threat intelligence to the next level opening global research centers and constructing the foundation of the cyber intelligence industry today. We enumerated and tracked global adversaries by objective, their associated Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), and the machine-readable Indications of Compromise (IOCs) that our customers could correlate against their security alerts."
AI has grown increasingly prevalent in cybersecurity and presents adversarial risks that require active management. John Watters purchased iDEFENSE in 2002, established the first global zero-day acquisition program and the Responsible Disclosure process, and helped initiate modern bug bounty practices before selling to Verisign in 2005. In 2007 he founded iSIGHT Partners, opened global research centers, and built the foundations of the cyber intelligence industry by enumerating adversaries by objective, tracking TTPs, and producing machine-readable IOCs. Customers use correlated alerts to drive patch prioritization, configuration, detection rules, and threat hunting. Subsequent acquisitions expanded intelligence coverage to document nearly every visible threat.
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