Forescout Smart IoT Security Lab One-Pager

Forescout

Senior Director of Security R&D Labs

Context

Built and directed Forescout's Smart IoT Building security research lab — a live, instrumented environment designed to surface real-world attack paths across HVAC automation, robotics, and industrial control systems. The lab operated as a SOC-style command center with security feeds, telemetry displays, and active research infrastructure for ICS/SCADA threat discovery.

Problem

Enterprise networks had absorbed vast quantities of IoT and OT devices — building management systems, HVAC, robotics, medical equipment, and industrial controllers — with almost no dedicated security research infrastructure to characterize their real attack surfaces. Forescout needed a live, hands-on lab to produce credible, publishable research and demonstrate device risk at a physical scale no other vendor had built.

What I did

• - Establish a fully instrumented Smart IoT Building lab with live HVAC, robotics, and ICS/SCADA systems as research targets.
• - Design a SOC-style command center with security feeds, telemetry dashboards, and multi-screen display infrastructure for continuous monitoring and research operations.
• - Research attack paths across building automation, robotic systems, and industrial control networks with real hardware in controlled but realistic environments.
• - Translate physical lab findings into published research, customer proof-of-concept demonstrations, and Forescout product intelligence.
• - Coordinate lab output with the broader Device Cloud research program and external threat research publications.

Outcome

• - Established a first-of-its-kind live IoT/OT security research lab that produced original, publishable attack research across multiple verticals.
• - Generated tangible threat intelligence across HVAC, robotics, and ICS/SCADA surfaces that informed Forescout product capabilities and customer conversations.
• - Created a physically compelling command center that served as both a research environment and a demonstration facility for enterprise customers.
• - Directed 4+ years of sustained R&D output that anchored Forescout's position as a serious IoT and OT security research organization.

Evidence

• - 4-year lab directorship producing original IoT, OT, and ICS/SCADA security research.
• - Live lab infrastructure covering HVAC systems, robotics, and industrial control environments.
• - SOC-style command center with real-time security feeds and multi-display telemetry infrastructure.