Andrew Brandt

Andrew Brandt

Director of Threat Research Symantec

Andrew Brandt, Symantec’s Director of Threat Research, is a former investigative reporter turned network forensics investigator and malware analyst. At Symantec, Brandt uses his knowledge about the behavior of malicious software to profile identifiable characteristics of undesirable or criminal activity. His analysis techniques seek to determine general principles that can help analysts and defenders rapidly and comprehensively identify the root cause of infection and data loss, putting real-time network data analysis at the front line of prevention.