Tod Beardsley

Tod Beardsley is VP of Security Research at runZero, where he "kicks assets and fakes frames." Prior to 2025, he was the Section Chief for the Vulnerability Response section for CSD/VM/VRC at CISA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the US government, and a seasonal Travis County Election Judge in Texas. He has over 30 years of hands-on security experience, stretching from in-band telephony switching to modern ICS/OT implementations. He has held IT ops, security, software engineering, and management positions in large organizations such as the US Government, Rapid7, 3Com, Dell, and Westinghouse, as both an offensive and defensive practitioner. Tod is a CVE Board member, has authored several research papers, and is an internationally-tolerated horror fiction expert.

Legacy Systems, Real-World Impacts: The Reality of OT Security

Legacy systems, safety concerns, and critical infrastructure risks make OT vulnerability disclosure one of cybersecurity's most challenging balancing acts.

July 16, 2026