Tom Hegel
Distinguished Threat Researcher, Research Lead
United States
Summary
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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)
threat-hunting8
yara8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
malwarekiwi/malwarekiwi.github.io
Oct 2021 - Jan 2026
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
401trg/detections
Oct 2017 - May 2018
This repository contains all public indicators identified by 401trg during the course of our investigations. It also includes relevant yara rules and ids signatures to detect these indicators.
Contributions:18 commits, 18 pushes in 7 months
yara401trgprotectwiseiocindicators
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