Randy Pargman

Randy Pargman is the senior director of Threat Hunting and Counterintelligence at Binary Defense. In this role, Pargman leads the threat hunting team in reverse engineering malware and developing new techniques for detecting signs of emerging threats and attacker behavior that evade or defeat traditional security solutions. He also leads the counterintelligence and intelligence operations teams in researching threat actors, finding threat information on Darknet hidden websites, criminal forums, dump sites and social media platforms. Pargman previously spent 15 years at the FBI as a senior computer scientist with the Cyber Task Force based in Seattle, Wash., as well as the global Cyber Action Team. Pargman has earned the FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in Technical Advancement as well as the FBI Medal of Excellence.