Ben is a Senior Cybersecurity Research Engineer at the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA)™ specializing in hardware and low-level software security. He has held security assurance and reversing roles at a global corporation, as well as worked in embedded software and systems engineering roles at several organizations. Ben has conducted workshops and presentations at numerous cybersecurity events globally, including the CyberTruck Challenge, GENIVI security sessions, Hack in Paris, HackFest, escar USA and DEF CON. Ben holds a M.Sc. Eng. in Applied Math & Stats from Queen’s University. In addition to speaking on the main stage at DEF CON, Ben is a volunteer at the DEF CON Hardware Hacking Village (DC HHV) and Car Hacking Village (CHV). He is GIAC GPEN and GICSP certified, chair of the SAE TEVEES18A1 Cybersecurity Assurance Testing TF (published J3322), a contributor to several American Trucking Associations (ATA) Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) task forces, ISO WG11 committees, and a voting member of the SAE Vehicle Electronic Systems Security Committee.