Experts In Adversary Infrastructure

Our in-depth knowledge of cybercriminal and malicious infrastructure provides our clients with the proactive intelligence and defenses to always stay one step ahead.  

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Empowering law enforcement agencies worldwide

3

of the Fortune 5 trust HYAS solutions

87 %

Highest efficacy rating in the industry

100 %

Recommended by CISA

Changing the Cybersecurity Paradigm

Our Vision

At HYAS, we are taking a completely different approach to cybersecurity. The future isn’t about blocking every single cyber attack - that is an impossible task. Instead, we believe that leveraging our in-depth knowledge of cyber criminal adversary infrastructure to deliver proactive intelligence enables organizations to not only stay one ahead of an attack, but ensure operational and business resiliency as well - even if they have been breached or are under attack.

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Ensuring Operational & Business Resilience

Our Mission

At HYAS, we know bad actors will always find a way into any environment - no matter how secure. The key is to ensure that a breach does not equal demise. We know that 90% of cyber attacks still use DNS, which is essentially a communication tool. While everyone else is watching what comes in, we are watching what is going out. If you can “see” when outgoing communication is going to malicious infrastructure, you can both detect and block an attack before it does damage. Our goal is to empower organizations to leverage this same knowledge to proactively defend their networks - even when compromised.

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Teamwork

Our Culture

At HYAS, our culture is defined by our ambition and collaboration. We are a dedicated team of cybersecurity experts committed to building exceptional technology and delivering exceptional service. We know that it’s our people who make HYAS special, and we foster an environment where every individual's contributions are valued. 

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Executive Team

Meet the leaders at the helm of HYAS, an impressive coalition of industry veterans and seasoned security professionals. 

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Chief Executive Officer
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SVP of Engineering
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VP of Product
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Chief Executive Officer

David Ratner Ph.D.

David leads the long-term vision for HYAS and the day to-day mission to bring confidence to HYAS clients. His career spans various areas of software and technology, from writing code for some of the first and largest mobile and messaging systems to scaling, growing, and exiting multiple venture-backed, private-equity-owned, and public software companies.

SVP of Engineering

Paul Van Gool

As head of the engineering team at HYAS, Paul leads the development, release, and support for all HYAS products. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and spent several years in the defense industry working on large-scale distributed simulation systems.

VP of Product

Chris Needs

Chris leads the product management and user experience team at HYAS. He is responsible for the platform strategy, product-market fit, and overall roadmap of HYAS products. Chris is an accomplished product leader with deep experience in intelligence management, security automation, incident response, and threat detection

HYAS Board Members

 Our dedicated board members bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to HYAS.

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CEO
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Charlie Plauche: Team Image Alt 2 widget_1714063207410
Partner at S3 Ventures
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Todd Graham: Team Image Alt 3 widget_1714063207410
Partner at M12
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Owen Matthews: Team Image Alt 4 widget_1714063207410
General Partner at Wesley Clover
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Global Head of Cyber Advocacy at WWT
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CEO

David Ratner Ph.D.

David leads the long-term vision for HYAS and the day to-day mission to bring confidence to HYAS clients. His career spans various areas of software and technology, from writing code for some of the first and largest mobile and messaging systems to scaling, growing, and exiting multiple venture-backed, private-equity-owned, and public software companies.

Partner at S3 Ventures

Charlie Plauche

Charlie has been with S3 since 2010. He focuses on early stage enterprise software that solves large industry issues.

Partner at M12

Todd Graham

Todd is a managing partner at M12, where he leads investments in cybersecurity, developer tools, and cloud infrastructure. Prior to joining M12, Todd was Vice President at Venrock, where he focused on early-stage enterprise infrastructure and cybersecurity investments.

General Partner at Wesley Clover

Owen Matthews

Owen is a successful technology entrepreneur and investor. He is a general partner at Wesley Clover and chairman of the Alacrity Foundation.

Global Head of Cyber Advocacy at WWT

Kate Kuehn

Kate has been an active thought leader in Security & Advanced Network Technologies for over 25 years. She led some of the industry’s first projects in DDOS, Ethernet as a network (CPA), SaaS and IaaS, and was on the front line with some of the earliest attacks against the financial services markets. Kate has purposely executed multiple roles across her career from CISO, CEO, CTrO, Board of Director, and Advisor, and has worked for various companies including Aon, vArmour, Senseon, BT Group plc, and Verizon. The culmination of her experience ensures Kate always brings expertise and a fresh perspective on emerging trends within cybersecurity. Kate has two main passions in life: bleeding-edge technology that helps secure our world, and developing world-class people and companies.

HYAS Investors

We’re honored to be trusted by several outstanding venture capital firms backing HYAS with expertise and resources for growth.

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