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SpyCloud, the leader in identity threat protection, announced the promotion of two longtime leaders to newly created executive positions: Trevor Hilligoss as Chief Intelligence Officer and Jason Lancaster as Chief Investigations Officer. The appointments reflect their central roles in advancing SpyCloud’s mission to disrupt cybercrime through intelligence, research, and attribution as the company enters its 10th year.
Trevor Hilligoss, now Chief Intelligence Officer, oversees SpyCloud’s global intelligence strategy, focusing on cybercriminal tactics, exposed data collection, and actionable threat insights. With prior experience at the FBI and U.S. Army, Hilligoss translates vast darknet data into defenses that strengthen customer protection, enable responsible disclosures, and support proactive identity threat prevention.
He continues to lead SpyCloud Labs, the in-house security research team that analyzes underground data, reverse-engineers malware, tracks phishing kits, and produces industry-shaping research. Under his direction, the team maintains SpyCloud’s position as a leader in recaptured darknet intelligence.
Jason Lancaster, appointed Chief Investigations Officer, directs SpyCloud’s global investigations strategy, methodologies, and tradecraft. Since joining in 2017, Lancaster has scaled the Investigations and Solution Engineering team, built strong public-private partnerships, and led the development of key technologies including IDLink™—an advanced analytics capability for rapid identity correlation across darknet exposures—and AI Insights for accelerated threat discovery.
Lancaster’s work has supported major financial crime disruptions, protection of vulnerable populations, global cybercrime takedowns, and SpyCloud’s founding role in the World Economic Forum’s Cybercrime Atlas Project (2021). His leadership earned him the Tech Ascension Award for Industry Innovator of the Year.
“Trevor and Jason have been foundational to SpyCloud’s success and to our leadership in identity threat protection,” said Ted Ross, CEO and Co-founder of SpyCloud. “Their teams consistently deliver the innovation our customers rely on to understand and disrupt identity-based threats at scale. These promotions recognize not only their individual leadership, but also the critical role their teams play in advancing our mission to stop cybercriminals from profiting off stolen identity data.”
SpyCloud transforms recaptured darknet data to disrupt cybercrime. Its automated identity threat protection solutions leverage advanced analytics and AI to proactively prevent ransomware and account takeover, detect insider threats, safeguard employee and consumer identities, and accelerate cybercrime investigations. SpyCloud’s data from breaches, malware-infected devices, and successful phishes also powers many popular dark web monitoring and identity theft protection offerings. Customers include seven of the Fortune 10, along with hundreds of global enterprises, mid-sized companies, and government agencies worldwide. Headquartered in Austin, TX, SpyCloud is home to more than 200 cybersecurity experts whose mission is to protect businesses and consumers from the stolen identity data criminals are using to target them now.
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