Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, Washington, United States

Darlene Thorsen is a senior cybersecurity researcher at PNNL in Washington state. Her work aims to reduce cybersecurity risks for critical infrastructure by providing qualitative and quantitative analyses of operational energy risks to systems of systems. Her current work is assisting DOE and DHS in establishing doctrine, policies, and contract language to respond to and recover from cyber incidents affecting our nation’s critical infrastructure. Retired from the United States Army, she currently holds a master’s in information assurance and a Cybersecurity Information System Security Professional certificate (CISSP) #329977.