Deral Heiland CISSP, serves as a Research Lead for Rapid7 Global Service. Deral has over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology field, and has held multiple positions including: Senior Network Analyst, Network Administrator, Database Manager, Financial Systems Manager and Senior Information Security Analyst. Over the last 8+ years Deral's career has focused on security research, security assessments, penetration testing, and consulting for corporations and government agencies. Deral is the creator of the open source tool 'Praeda' used for harvesting data from embedded devices. Deral also conducted security research on a numerous technical subject, releasing white papers, security advisories, and has presented the information at numerous national and international security conferences including Blackhat, Defcon, Shmoocon, DerbyCon, Hackcon Norway, Hack In Paris. Deral has been interviewed by and quoted by several media outlets and publications including Bloomberg UTV, MIT Technical Review, MSNBC, SC Magazine, Threat Post and The Register.