Us.

We’re all about exploring, investigating, and researching topics that we believe will shape the future.

Distant Field Labs is both our Open Source Intelligence Hub, and our passion project. It is our platform to explore ideas and technologies, to get concepts out there in the public domain, and to give a little back.

At Distant Field Labs, we’re all about exploring, investigating, and researching information to support decision making.

We do this because it might help.

We do this because we enjoy it.

We explore horizons.

The Team

  • Vanessa

    Principal Explorer

    With over a decade of experience in the fraud prevention and cybersecurity realms, Ness is our go-to guru for all things analytical. Her mission at Distant Field Labs is to craft insights that empower decision-makers with actionable intelligence. Her other missions involve anything caffeinated and cheese.

    Before co-founding Distant Field Labs, Vanessa led a dynamic team of Delivery Managers at CyberCX. Prior to this, she earned her security stripes in Security Operations and Vulnerability Management analysis.

    Before diving headfirst into the tech world, Vanessa wore many hats, including palliative biographer, emergency medical dispatcher, production planner, museum host, and more customer-centric roles than anyone has time to read about. She values soft skills above any technical learning and will absolutely fight you on that.

  • Mark

    Principal Explorer

    Mark is a seasoned computer enthusiast and cybersecurity expert, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to Distant Field Labs. As our Co-founder and Principal Explorer, Mark is known for his passion for communicating complex technical subjects to all types of audiences.

    Before co-founding Distant Field Labs, Mark held several leadership roles at CyberCX including Executive Director of Managed Security Services helping develop the Security Operations Centre as part of CyberCX’s global strategy. As Executive Director of Solutions Innovation, he worked with global teams to create new services.

    Mark was a founding member of Insomnia Security, working for over a decade to establish a world-class offensive security consulting firm, developing a top-tier Red Team, and fostering the growth of security consultants.