Nick DePetrillo is a senior security researcher at Crucial Security Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris Corporation with a focus on hardware reverse engineering, cryptography, mobile security and other areas of interest. Most recently, Nick was a senior security consultant with Industrial Defender performing physical and electronic security assessments for various clients in the energy industry. Nick also researched Smart Grid/AMI hardware and software security issues while at Industrial Defender. Nick was a research and development engineer for Aruba Networks, concentrating on wireless security threats and prototyping new products. Nick has presented new security threats and mitigation techniques at both national and international conferences.