Ryan Speers

Ryan is a managing partner of River Loop Security and has assessed a wide range of embedded devices, finding vulnerabilities by physical attacks, network access, firmware reversing, and other techniques. He has led design of remediations or new systems, frequently focusing on their cryptographic protocols and protections. Ryan is also known for his research on the security of radio protocols, including IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee and maintenance of the KillerBee framework frequently used to assess these protocols.