Ben Gardiner is a Senior Cybersecurity Research Engineer contractor at the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA) specializing in hardware and low-level software security. Prior to joining the NMFTA team in 2019, Gardiner held security assurance and reversing roles at a global corporation, as well as worked in embedded software and systems engineering roles at several organizations. He is a DEF CON Hardware Hacking Village and Car Hacking Village volunteer. He also participates in and contributes to working groups in SAE and ATA TMC.