I’m a researcher and engineer focused on building autonomous cybersecurity systems that reason over complex networks. I work at the intersection of AI, systems security, and large-scale cyber-range engineering. My goal is to develop frameworks that enable rapid iteration and innovation in creating autonomous security agents, keeping us one step ahead of AI attackers and allowing autonomous defenders to operate safely and reliably in realistic environments.

I’m currently an undergraduate researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, working with CMU CyLab! I co-developed Incalmo, the first system that enables LLMs to autonomously execute multi-stage cyber operations on enterprise networks. Incalmo has been used in multiple Anthropic system cards (from Claude Sonnet 3.7 to Claude Sonnet 4.5), showcasing its ability to measure real-world offensive capabilities of frontier models in realistic, end-to-end enterprise environments.

My current work centers around designing extensible defensive architectures and deception-aware evaluation benchmarks for AI-driven security. A preliminary leaderboard pitting autonomous attackers from Incalmo and deceptive defenses instrumented using Perry was presented at CMU CyLab’s Partners Conference, poster can be found here.

Publications and Presentations

B. Singer, K. Lucas, L. Adiga, M. Jain, L. Bauer, and V. Sekar, “Incalmo: An Autonomous LLM-assisted System for Red Teaming Mult-Host Networks” 2025 [In Submission: IEEE S&P 2026] Arxiv

L. Adiga, B. Singer, L. Bauer and V. Sekar, “Establishing Systems-Level Competitive Leaderboards for Network Security” CyLab Partner’s Conference Poster Presentation, Oct. 2025. Poster

Projects

CMU Space Robotics Group - MoonRanger Rover Embedded Systems

• Motor Controller Data Smoothing
• NSS (Neutron Spectrometer System) instrument timestamp alignment
• Architected Sun Sensor Emulator for Lunar Navigation

See portfolio linked here for documentation and reflection on the experience!

Cozmo Robot Tamagotchi - See presentation, youtube video of demo linked at the end!