Ifeoma Onunkwo

Senior Member of Technical Staff

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Senior Member of Technical Staff

ionunkw@sandia.gov

(505) 284-3255

Biography

Ifeoma Onunkwo is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. She has led efforts in network intrusion detection to prevent the spread of malware. She also leads efforts in the delivery of robust Distributed Energy Resource (DER) systems for DOE, Sandia, and commercial stakeholders. She has expertise in vulnerability assessments and penetration tests to assess the current level of DER network security. She has demonstrated vulnerability findings to stakeholders, including the use of emulated DER communication networks. Previously, she led the DER Cybersecurity National Sub-Workgroup on “Data-in-Flight Requirements” involving multiple DER operators and vendors in the US. She leads efforts to research and compare the novel NDN protocol against existing network solutions.

Education

  • Masters of Science, Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico
  • Bachelors of Technology, Mathematics & Computer Science, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria

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Publications

  • Johnson, J., Onunkwo, I., Saleem, D., Hupp, W., Peterson, J., Cryar, R., & Cryar, R. (2022). Distributed Energy Resource Cybersecurity Standards Development [Final Report]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1843109 Publication ID: 80083
  • Onunkwo, I. (2020). Recommendations for Data-in-Transit Requirements for Securing DER Communications [Conference Presenation]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1876612 Publication ID: 71426
  • Onunkwo, I. (2020). Recommendations for Data-in-Transit Requirements for Securing DER Communications. https://doi.org/10.2172/1813646 Publication ID: 71769
  • Cordeiro, P., Onunkwo, I., Jose, D., Hossain-McKenzie, S., & Hossain-McKenzie, S. (2019). Module OT PNM Field Demonstration Test Procedure. https://doi.org/10.2172/1592861 Publication ID: 66875
  • Cordeiro, P., Onunkwo, I., Jacobs, N., Jose, D., Wright, B., Hossain-McKenzie, S., & Hossain-McKenzie, S. (2019). Module OT Laboratory Test Procedure. https://doi.org/10.2172/1592860 Publication ID: 66873
  • Carter, C., Onunkwo, I., Cordeiro, P., Johnson, J., & Johnson, J. (2018). Cyber Assessment of DER [Conference Poster]. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1432005 Publication ID: 58626
  • Carter, C., Cordeiro, P., Onunkwo, I., Johnson, J., & Johnson, J. (2018). Cyber Assessment of Distributed Energy Resources [Conference Poster]. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366503 Publication ID: 58627
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