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Matt Brown

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Staff Security Engineer at Alarm.com
📍 Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States

Matt Brown is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Brown Fine Security, specializing in world-class IoT penetration testing. An award-winning bug bounty hunter and Iowa State University alumnus, he has a background as a Staff Security Engineer at Alarm.com, focusing on securing connected devices for businesses.

Outside of his formal work, Matt is a passionate advocate for open-source security tools. He has developed his own open-source software, including tools for discovering flaws in video devices and an alternative program for universal hardware programmers, reflecting his deep interest in hardware and firmware analysis.

His security research into publicly accessible license plate reader video feeds has been featured in major publications like Wired and Ars Technica.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Staff Security Engineer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States
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IoT Security
He founded a company specializing in IoT penetration testing, has presented on Bluetooth Low Energy hacking, and researched vulnerabilities in connected devices throughout his career.
Open Source Tooling
He actively develops open-source tools, including an alternative for proprietary hardware programmers, and publicly advocates for supporting the open-source security tools community.
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Career

Work history

10-2024 - 2-2026
Staff Security Engineer
Alarm.com
4-2023 - 10-2024
Senior Security Engineer
Alarm.com
11-2022
Founder & Principal Consultant
Brown Fine Security
7-2022 - 4-2023
Senior Security Analyst
Independent Security Evaluators
1-2022 - 6-2022
Software Engineer
Alarm.com
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Education
9-2014 - 5-2016
Master of Science - MS
Iowa State University
9-2010 - 5-2014
Bachelor of Science - BS
Iowa State University
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