# Paul Paget

> Paul Paget is the CEO of Black Kite, a Boston-based third-party cyber risk platform he joined in 2019 after a career running cybersecurity companies including PwnieExpress, Savant Protection, and Core Security Technologies. A Bowdoin history major turned career security operator, he has built and sold a string of security businesses and now leads Black Kite in the security ratings market.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Black Kite
- **Organizations:** Black Kite, PwnieExpress, Savant Protection, Core Security Technologies, Baltimore Technologies, GTE CyberTrust, Loud Rumble
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** History, Boston Latin School, B.A., History, Bowdoin College
- **Known for:** Named CEO of the Year for a Growth Stage company by the Mass Technology Leadership Council, Grew Black Kite into the number-one recommended company in the security ratings space, Led Black Kite through $22M Series B in October 2021, part of $36M total funding

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — VP Sales and Marketing at GTE CyberTrust (now Verizon)
- **Early 2000s** — SVP Americas at Baltimore Technologies
- **2000s** — President and CEO of Core Security Technologies
- **2018** — President and CEO of Savant Protection
- **Pre-2019** — CEO of PwnieExpress, transformed it into first SaaS IoT threat detection player
- **Pre-2019** — Founded Loud Rumble to help early-stage cybersecurity companies go to market
- **2019** — Joined Black Kite; became CEO shortly after

## Achievements

- Named CEO of the Year for a Growth Stage company by the Mass Technology Leadership Council
- Grew Black Kite into the number-one recommended company in the security ratings space
- Led Black Kite through $22M Series B in October 2021, part of $36M total funding
- Placed Black Kite on Inc.'s Regionals 2025: Northeast list
- Transformed PwnieExpress into the world's first SaaS IoT threat detection provider

## Latest updates

- **2025** — Black Kite named to Inc.'s Regionals 2025: Northeast list under Paget's leadership
- **2024-10** — Paget shared Black Kite research findings publicly via LinkedIn, tied to the company's ransomware and third-party breach reports
- **2021-10** — Black Kite raised $22M Series B

## Links

- Website: https://blackkite.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulpaget/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/paulpaget

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Last updated: 2026-07-09