bio
Blake Darche is a security leader with over 20 years of experience in information security. He currently heads Cloudforce One at Cloudflare, where he leads a team of experts monitoring, analyzing, and responding to emerging cyber threats using Cloudflare’s unique global visibility.
His work spans threat intelligence, product detection engineering, and product response operations — from building detection and response capabilities at scale to translating complex threats into actionable defenses for customers and boards.
Blake is also an active investor and advisor in the cybersecurity industry, supporting startups that improve the security posture of enterprise organizations. He is an advisory board member at Store Labs and an investor at Drata, Backgrounder, Astro Mechanica, and Abundant Security.
security posture
- threat intel active
- detection operational
- response ready
- advisory engaged
- portfolio growing
- role: Head of Cloudforce One, Cloudflare
- expertise: Threat intelligence, detection engineering, response operations
- experience: 20+ years across NSA, CrowdStrike, Area 1 Security, Cloudflare
- portfolio: Store Labs, Drata, Backgrounder, Astro Mechanica, Abundant Security
competency map
timeline
Leads Cloudflare’s threat operations and intelligence team, tracking and disrupting threat actors at global scale.
Launched and built Cloudforce One, Cloudflare’s threat operations and research team.
Co-founded Area 1 Security, a pre-emptive anti-phishing security platform acquired by Cloudflare in 2022.
Built and operated security programs across endpoint detection, threat intelligence, and incident response.
Computer Network Exploitation analyst focused on offensive and defensive cyber operations.