Former FBI Cyber Division and military intelligence leaders latest additions to LookingGlass Advisory Board
Reston, VA., February 18, 2021 – LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, a leader in operationalizing threat intelligence, announced the appointment today of James Trainor to its Advisory Board. Trainor brings extensive experience and unique insights about the intersection of new technologies, law enforcement, and cyber missions and authorities across the federal government. Earlier this week, it was announced that Lt. Gen. James Clapper was joining its Advisory Board. Clapper served from 2010 – 2017 as the Director of National Intelligence. In that position, he led the United States intelligence community and served as the top intelligence advisor to President Barack Obama.
Trainor currently serves as an SVP with Aon Cyber Solutions, a part of the leading professional services and risk advisory corporation Aon. He has developed the firm’s overall cyber strategy on behalf of clients, working closely with colleagues across technology, system integration, and risk transfer to ensure a holistic and integrated approach.
Prior to Aon, Trainor worked at the FBI for 20 years, leading FBI agents and analysts in significant, high-profile cyber investigations and becoming the Bureau’s most senior cyber expert. He also played a key role in creating and implementing strategies to combat ransomware and cybercrime.
Trainor served as a military intelligence officer within the U.S. Army for four years before joining the FBI in 1996 as a special agent. He is the recipient of the 2016 Presidential Rank Award from the Office of the President of the United States and was also recognized that year in FCW’s Federal 100. In 2017, Security Magazine named Trainor as one of the Most Influential People in Cybersecurity. Trainor is also an adjunct instructor at Carnegie Mellon University.
“Jim is a widely respected executive and his insights and direction will be invaluable as we head into the next phase of our growth. His experience at the FBI and in the insurance industry will add an important new perspective to our company. We are delighted that he has joined our Advisory Board,” said LookingGlass President and Chief Operating Officer, Don Gilberg.
“Criminal groups have a growing interest in targeting the government as demonstrated by the various ransomware attacks on municipalities over the past few years. At the federal level, threat actors have a keen interest in conducting intelligence collection targeting a range of departments and agencies. LookingGlass has a unique range of solutions, and their company is led by an impressive team. I am looking forward to helping the company protect more clients, both within government and the commercial space,” Trainor added.
Previously, Clapper served in two administrations as the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, where he was the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense on intelligence, counterintelligence, and security matters for the Department. In addition, he simultaneously served as the first director of defense intelligence within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Clapper’s career began in 1961 when he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and culminated as a lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Following his retirement from the military, Clapper worked in the industry for six years as an executive in three companies focused on the Intelligence Community. He also served as a consultant and advisor to Congress and to the Departments of Defense and Energy, and as a member of a variety of government panels, boards, commissions, and advisory groups. He was a senior member of the Downing Assessment Task Force which investigated the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996, was vice-chairman of The Gilmore Commission and served on the NSA Advisory Board.
He returned to the government two days after 9/11 as the first civilian director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). He served in this capacity for almost five years, transforming it into the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
Clapper’s service and dedication to the security of the U.S. can be seen in the many awards he has received: three National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medals, two Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Coast Guard’s Distinguished Public Service Award, three Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Awards, the Presidentially-conferred National Security Medal, and many other U.S. civilian and military, as well as foreign government, awards and decorations.
He is the also author of the New York Times bestseller book, “Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence.”
“General Clapper’s experience, spanning over five decades at the highest levels, is unparalleled. He is uniquely positioned to advise LookingGlass as we develop the next generation of cybersecurity products, ones that can operationalize threat intelligence to mitigate cyber threats at machine speeds. We are delighted that he has joined our Advisory Board,” said LookingGlass CEO, Gilman Louie.
“Over my career, I have watched the evolution and growth of cyber threats, which represent profound jeopardy to the nation’s safety and security. I was pleased to be asked to join the team at LookingGlass as an Advisory Board member. LookingGlass is an emerging, world-class company, which is committed to, and capable of, the prevention of cyber espionage such as we recently experienced with SolarWinds. Its proactive approach to cybersecurity is exactly what the nation needs,” added Clapper.
LookingGlass empowers organizations with threat intelligence and active defense through the company’s product portfolio to monitor, model, manage and mitigate risks in real-time. The company’s portfolio of products includes scoutPRIME, which allows you to see what the adversary sees through an “outside-in” view of your internet infrastructure, and scoutTHREAT, which guides and enables your analysts to model adversarial capabilities and intent.
If you would like to find out more about LookingGlass and its offerings, visit https://www.lookingglasscyber.com/ for more details or to request a demo.
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