Paul Francik

Cybersecurity Analyst Team Lead @Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Paul manages the Cyber Aware Design and Testing team in the Electricity Security Group at PNNL. This diverse group of Cybersecurity Analysts, Cybersecurity Engineers, Software Developers, and Electrical Engineers focus on: Standards Development, Custom Cybersecurity Tools, Risk Analyses, Cybersecurity Plan Reviews, Electric Grid Resilience, Cybersecurity Assessments, and Web Application Development.Paul leads engagements with internal and external sponsors creating risk reports that assess adversarial motive and intent, assess technical capabilities and sophistication, and work to develop mitigating controls that will address sponsors top fears that could lead to the exploitation of critical assets.Paul is responsible for reviewing the cybersecurity plans for the Connected Communities Project in which DOE awarded $61 million in funding for 10 projects to showcase how energy-efficient and grid-interactive technologies can transform homes and workplaces into resilient connected communities. Researches IoT implementations and their associated vulnerabilities, with a focus on distributed energy resource management systems and grid-interactive buildings.Performs systems analysis, security test and evaluation, systems hardening, vulnerability testing, and scanning.Conceives and develops hypotheses, new methods, techniques, or approaches to address critical cyber security technical problems.Designs cyber security threat profiles and design artifacts to evaluate threat findings and mitigations.Works in the Supply Chain Risk Management Lab: Creates Hardware bill of materials, physically enumerates devices to inspect critical components, and researches applicable CVEs based on integrated asset types.Mentor for undergrad interns pursuing degrees majoring in cybersecurity.Manager of the Building Energy and Science Technology Lab - running research experiments on modern lighting and building equipment.