Thomas Edgar is a Chief Cyber Security Research Scientist
at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
During his time at the lab, Edgar has worked in the fields of secure
communications protocols, cryptographic trust management, cyber deception,
security standards, and scientific approach to security. Most specifically, Edgar is the principal
investigator for cyber-physical testbeds and platforms to enable controlled
experimentation in high-fidelity environments such as electricity, natural gas,
water/wastewater and rail. His expertise lies in scientific process, critical
infrastructure security, protocol development, cyber deception, and network
security. Edgar’s contributions have
resulted in numerous national awards (2017 R&D 100 award and a 2018 Federal
Laboratory Consortium for Excellence in Technology for the SerialTap technology
and 2021 R&D 100 award for Shadow Figment technology), 6 patents with
multiple commercial transfers/licenses, a textbook on “Research Methods for
Cyber Security”, and contributions that led to the IEEE 1711 part 2 standard.