Netcraft names cybersecurity veteran Darren Lee to board
Netcraft announced that cybersecurity veteran Darren Lee has joined its board of directors, citing his experience scaling Proofpoint and other security businesses.
Netcraft said Tuesday that cybersecurity veteran Darren Lee has joined its board of directors. The company said the appointment supports its growth in brand protection and digital risk protection.
In its release, Netcraft said it takes down nearly one-third of the world’s phishing sites and has blocked more than 230 million multichannel threats to date.
The company described itself in the announcement as a global leader in brand protection and threat disruption, and elsewhere as a leader in next-generation brand and digital risk protection and digital risk management. It said it is trusted by CISOs and security teams at many of the world’s most valuable companies, largest banks and government organizations.
Lee was described in the release as a cybersecurity industry veteran with decades of experience building, scaling and expanding enterprise technology and cybersecurity businesses. Netcraft said he spent more than 14 years at Proofpoint, where he helped transform the company into one of the world’s preeminent cybersecurity brands.
The release also said Lee joined Proofpoint after Proofpoint acquired NextPage, an information governance company where he had been CEO. It said that when Proofpoint acquired NextPage, Proofpoint was a private company with less than $100 million in annual recurring revenue. During Lee’s tenure, the company later went public through a U.S. IPO, grew to more than $2 billion in ARR and exceeded 4,000 employees worldwide.
Lee said Netcraft has built something difficult to replicate, pointing to decades of proprietary threat intelligence, direct connections and longstanding relationships with internet infrastructure providers, and the ability to disrupt criminal infrastructure. Ryan Woodley, Netcraft’s CEO, said Lee brings a rare perspective because he has built companies as an entrepreneur and helped scale a major security business through multiple stages of growth.
The announcement did not provide additional terms of Lee’s board service or compensation. Netcraft said it has expanded beyond takedowns into preemptive disruption of criminal infrastructure before it can be weaponized.
The company’s announcement was dated Aug. 25, 2026 and issued from Salt Lake City and London.
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