Ben Miller is Chief Information Security Officer at Dragos Inc., an industrial (ICS/OT) cybersecurity technology company on a mission to safeguard civilization. In the prior six to this role, he led the Dragos global ICS security consulting practice, managed hunting services, and technical training as VP, Services.
An information security veteran, Ben has focused on the unique challenges of securing and defending industrial control systems over the last two decades. He began his critical infrastructure journey at Constellation Energy Group where he was responsible for detecting and responding to threats across the enterprise, including his first exposure to distribution, transmission, generation, and nuclear environments. Ben then joined the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). In what was to become the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC), Ben worked closely with federal agencies and industry across a variety threats, vulnerabilities, and other matters as it relates to the electric grid. During this time he was the primiary analyst and author for a host of electric industry security reports and alerts and served as a staff SME for a range of industry working groups and task forces.
In 2017, SANS named Ben a Difference Maker for a variety of his contributions to the electricity sector. He and his team have led and advised investigations and analysis across numerous intrusions and attacks against critical infrastructure. Built from the ground up, the services team at Dragos is widely recognized as some of the most influential and impactful experts on industrial control system security.
Ben is an accomplished speaker and has presented at several leading industry conferences including RSA Conference, BlackHat, S4, and SANS. In 2008 he began organizing a monthly infosec meetup, Charmsec. Over 12 years later, Charmsec continues to meet regularly. In his spare time, he enjoys the simple pleasures of outdoor cooking and spending time with his family in Maryland.