How Tracy Camp of UpSight Is Changing the Cybersecurity Playbook
Most people only think about cybersecurity after something goes wrong.
But for Tracy Camp, the question has always been: “What if we could see the attack coming before it starts?
That question didn’t come out of nowhere. Tracy spent nearly two decades in the trenches of cybersecurity. He helped various organizations, from scrappy startups to Fortune 100 companies, fight back against evolving digital threats.
He’s worked with some of the biggest names in the field, including Carbon Black and McAfee. He’s seen ransomware change lives, shut down hospitals, and cost companies everything.
He knew we needed a new approach. So he built one.
From Pattern Recognition to Prediction
As co-founder and Chief Product Officer of UpSight Security, Tracy is leading a bold new chapter in the fight against cybercrime. It’s a fight that’s powered by AI, driven by data, and rooted in the idea that security should be proactive, not reactive.
At the heart of UpSight is a groundbreaking platform that does more than detect threats; it anticipates them.
Using techniques inspired by natural language processing (NLP), UpSight’s technology “reads” attacker behavior the way a human might read a book. It learns the patterns, understands the structure, and identifies the next likely move. It helps teams predict, interdict, and evict threats before they can do damage.
It’s like giving security teams a forward-moving time machine, and it’s working.
Building in Oregon, for Oregon
But Tracy isn’t just building a company. He’s helping build a community.
After winning third place in the 2023 Westside Pitch Competition, UpSight Security went on to secure funding from the Oregon Venture Fund. It’s an achievement that positioned the company as one of the region’s most promising up-and-comers in the cybersecurity space.
More than that, Tracy and his co-founders made a conscious choice to build in the Mid-Willamette Valley. He’s deeply committed to growing Oregon’s tech ecosystem in a way that’s inclusive, resilient, and locally rooted.
Through mentorship, advocacy, and collaboration, he’s creating opportunities for other founders to thrive right here at home.
