David Wolf · Portfolio Use Case
Offensive security research into connected-device risk, enterprise exposure, and real-world exploitability, later featured in WIRED coverage.
Contributed to offensive security research involving DTEN and connected-device risk, helping expose how enterprise collaboration and IoT-style devices can create security exposure when device behavior, network placement, management surfaces, and product assumptions are not evaluated like real attack surfaces.
Client
Forescout
Engagement Type
Full-Time research contribution; exact title and dates should be confirmed from resume/Profile source
Period
Career Role; exact dates should be confirmed
Role
Security Research / Product Security Contributor
Focus Areas
Offensive Security Research, DTEN Device Research, Connected Device Security
The Context
Connected enterprise devices often receive less scrutiny than laptops, servers, or cloud systems, even though they sit on networks, process sensitive data, expose services, and rely on vendor-controlled update and management paths.
The Challenge
The research challenge was to demonstrate real exploitability and enterprise relevance without sensationalizing the work or exposing irresponsible technical detail. The value came from connecting device findings to customer risk reduction.
What I Did
The Outcome
The work contributed to a public security narrative strong enough to receive WIRED-featured attention and helped reinforce a core enterprise-security lesson: every connected device is a software-enabled attack surface that needs visibility, control, and governance.
Connected
To DTEN-related device-security risk and WIRED-featured public coverage
On
Connected-device attack surfaces, enterprise exposure, unmanaged-device risk, and offensive-informed defensive guidance
Market
Education around enterprise connected-device security
Key Deliverables
Collaboration
Worked in a security research and product-security context where offensive findings needed to be technically credible, responsibly handled, and translated into defensive value for enterprise customers and the broader market.
Client
Forescout
Engagement Type
Full-Time research contribution; exact title and dates should be confirmed from resume/Profile source
Period
Career Role; exact dates should be confirmed
Role
Security Research / Product Security Contributor
Focus Areas
Offensive Security Research, DTEN Device Research, Connected Device Security
The Context
Connected enterprise devices often receive less scrutiny than laptops, servers, or cloud systems, even though they sit on networks, process sensitive data, expose services, and rely on vendor-controlled update and management paths.
The Challenge
The research challenge was to demonstrate real exploitability and enterprise relevance without sensationalizing the work or exposing irresponsible technical detail. The value came from connecting device findings to customer risk reduction.
What I Did
The Outcome
The work contributed to a public security narrative strong enough to receive WIRED-featured attention and helped reinforce a core enterprise-security lesson: every connected device is a software-enabled attack surface that needs visibility, control, and governance.
Connected
To DTEN-related device-security risk and WIRED-featured public coverage
On
Connected-device attack surfaces, enterprise exposure, unmanaged-device risk, and offensive-informed defensive guidance
Market
Education around enterprise connected-device security
Key Deliverables
Collaboration
Worked in a security research and product-security context where offensive findings needed to be technically credible, responsibly handled, and translated into defensive value for enterprise customers and the broader market.
At a Glance
Focus Areas
Tools & Technologies
Evidence & Artifacts
Public-Safe Caveat
This case study references DTEN-related offensive security research and WIRED-featured public attention at a high level. Exact exploit details, unpublished proof-of-concept material, private disclosure records, vendor communications, customer details, and sensitive technical artifacts are omitted.
David Wolf
AI Security · Product Security · Security Leadership
Based on analyzed public signals, not proof of any individual's or company's internal state.
