Tom Hegel
Distinguished Threat Researcher, Research Lead
United States
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Top SchoolTom Hegel is a Distinguished Threat Researcher and Research Lead at SentinelOne with eight years of focused experience in nation-state and criminal threat intelligence. He has progressed through senior research roles at SentinelLabs and prior positions at Lacework, AT&T/Alien Labs, and ProtectWise, blending hands-on incident response with strategic threat hunting. Tom advises startups like Validin, bringing practical operational insight into cloud and enterprise threat landscapes. His work centers on translating complex adversary tradecraft into actionable detections and intelligence for product and SOC teams. Known for bridging lab research with real-world deployments, he repeatedly moves from technical analysis into leadership roles that scale defensive capability. Based in the United States, he combines formal training in network security and computer forensics with a track record of elevating threat programs across industry leaders.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Network Security and Computer Forensics Concentration, Information Technology, Network Security and Computer Forensics Concentration at Pittsburgh Technical College
Github Skills (2)
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Github contributions (5)
401trg/detections
Oct 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 18 pushes in 7 months
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malwarekiwi/malwarekiwi.github.io
Oct 2021 - Nov 2024
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
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