Defeat Ransomware
Modern defensive cyber solutions, while impressive, have failed in the face of cheap and easy-to-create – and most importantly lucrative – ransomware. High-profile breaches are disguising an ugly fact; the companies using next-generation NGAV and EPP solutions continue to be impacted by ransomware.
Halcyon has built the first anti-ransomware engine to tackle this problem. Our team has spent decades building name-brand security products and delivering security consulting to much of the Fortune 500.
Our Origin Story
Halcyon formed in 2021 by a team of cybersecurity industry veterans after battling the scourge of ransomware (and advanced threats) for years, at some of the largest global security vendors. Comprised of leaders from Boldend, Cylance (now Blackberry), Accuvant (now Optiv), and ISS X-Force (now IBM), Halcyon is focused on building products and solutions for mid-market and enterprise customers. Headquartered in San Diego, CA and in Austin, TX we are unified by our globally distributed workforce and our mission.
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Our Leadership Team
Prior to Halcyon, Jon was a co-founder of Boldend, a next-generation defense contractor focused on building offensive tools for the US Government. Previous to Boldend, Jon held the title of Chief Research Officer of Cylance (now Blackberry) where he focused on malware and product efficacy. Prior to Cylance, Jon was employee number 70 at Accuvant (now Optiv) where with a group of others he helped build and lead the largest technical consultancy at the time Accuvant LABS, working with over 95% of the Fortune 500 as an offensive security expert.
Before Accuvant, Jon was a ten year veteran penetration tester, serving as one of the first in the industry working for the Internet Security Systems (now IBM) X-Force.
Jon is frequently featured in the media as an expert in information security and nation state cyber warfare, he has been featured as a guest on 60 minutes multiple times.
Ryan has spent 25+ years as a pioneer in the information security space. One of the industry's first researchers, Ryan is a recognized expert in vulnerability identification, exploitation, defensive security product architecture, and machine learning.
Starting his career as an engineer, he became a master of lower level languages and architectures, and then applied those concepts to identifying vulnerabilities inside compiled binaries and protocols.
Previously, Ryan was a co-founder of Boldend where he served as CTO. Prior to Boldend, Ryan was the VP, Research at Cylance (now Blackberry), CTO of Exodus Intelligence, Chief Scientist of Optiv and Accuvant LABS, a security researcher at multiple Fortune 500 companies, as well as a consultant in his early years. Jon met Ryan in the early 2000s and have worked closely together ever since.
Join a world-class team that's scaling quickly.
With decades of experience building defensive and offensive technologies, the Halcyon team, which includes founding executives and engineers from Cylance and Optiv, has designed the first lightweight, easy-to-deploy security layer focused solely on disrupting ransomware attacks.
Ready to put an end to ransomware, once and for all? We’re hiring talented people in a variety of roles across research, engineering, data science, dev ops, and more. We’re always looking for technical talent, if you don’t see an immediate fit, email us: careers@halcyon.ai
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