iCOUNTER is a cybersecurity company focused on proactive, intelligence-led threat detection and counter-threat operations. The company's flagship offering is the Counter Threat Operating System (CTOS), a platform designed to detect adversary intent during the early planning phases of an attack — before it is launched — and route actionable intelligence directly into customers' operational workflows. The company's approach combines AI-enabled human intelligence (HUMINT) with customer-specific threat profiling. Rather than providing generalized threat intelligence feeds, iCOUNTER tailors its collection process to each customer's unique risk profile, aiming to surface targeted intelligence about threats directed at specific organizations, including risks from third-party and supply chain relationships. Key capabilities and focus areas include: - Compromise Intelligence for third-party risk management - Adversary intent detection mapped against customer ecosystems - Risk determination at the edge of collection - Counter threat operations prior to attack execution iCOUNTER acquired the team and technology of ParseIntel to expand its global collection footprint and strengthen CTOS capabilities for real-time risk determination and operational intelligence. The company was founded by John Watters, who previously founded iSIGHT Partners (acquired by FireEye/Mandiant) and led iDEFENSE, one of the earliest commercial cyber threat intelligence firms. iCOUNTER is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and targets enterprise organizations seeking to move beyond reactive security models toward intelligence-driven, autonomous threat operations.