Rowan Macfarlane

Rowan Macfarlane is a Principal Industrial Consultant at the industrial cybersecurity company Dragos, where he performs architectural assessments, network vulnerability assessments, compromise assessments, tabletop exercises and a range of other customer-facing activities.

Rowan has over 15 years of experience in OT cyber security, having worked in both operations and consulting. During this time, Rowan has:

• Commissioned and operated two LNG plants
• Helped define and build operational OT support teams 
• Led design and implementation of a ‘zones and conduits’ network architecture 
• Designed and built OT management zones, monitoring, and secure remote access systems 
• Built OT risk management and assurance practices
• Performed technical penetration tests for various industries in the Asia Pacific region.

Formal Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, majoring in Internetworking and Computer Security by Murdoch University (Perth – Australia)