Shamina Hossain-McKenzie

Principal Member of Technical Staff

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Principal Member of Technical Staff

shossai@sandia.gov

(505) 844-7454

Biography

Dr. Shamina Hossain-McKenzie is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff in the Cyber Resilience R&D Department at Sandia National Laboratories; she focuses on grid cybersecurity research. She received her electrical engineering Ph. D. and Master’s degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017 and 2014, respectively, and her B.S. degree from Washington State University in 2012. Her research interest include power system resilience, grid modeling and simulation and DER cybersecurity. Specifically, she leads projects developing intrusion detection systems for protecting PV inverter communications, distributed controller response and cryptography for DER systems.

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Illionis at Urbana-Champaign
  • Masters, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Bachelors, Washington State University

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Publications

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Nicholas Jacobs, Adam Summers, Bryan Kolaczkowski, Christopher Goes, Raymond Fasano, Zeyu Mao, Leen Al Homoud, Kate Davis, Thomas Overbye, (2022). Harmonized Automatic Relay Mitigation of Nefarious Intentional Events (HARMONIE) – Special Protection Scheme (SPS) https://doi.org/10.2172/1890265 Publication ID: 80308

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Adrian Chavez, Nicholas Jacobs, Christian Jones, Adam Summers, Brian Wright, (2022). Securing Inverter Communication: Proactive Intrusion Detection and Mitigation System to Tap, Analyze, and Act https://doi.org/10.2172/1861984 Publication ID: 80582

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Daniel Calzada, Christopher Goes, Nicholas Jacobs, Adam Summers, Katherine Davis, Hanyue Li, Zeyu Mao, Thomas Overbye, Komal Shetye, (2021). Adaptive, Cyber-Physical Special Protection Schemes to Defend the Electric Grid Against Predictable and Unpredictable Disturbances https://doi.org/10.2172/1893607 Publication ID: 76353

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Daniel Calzada, Christopher Goes, Nicholas Jacobs, Adam Summers, Katherine Davis, Hanyue Li, Zeyu Mao, Thomas Overbye, Komal Shetye, (2021). Adaptive, Cyber-Physical Special Protection Schemes to Defend the Electric Grid Against Predictable and Unpredictable Disturbances https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS52686.2021.9611801 Publication ID: 75992

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, (2021). Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, PhD https://doi.org/10.2172/1884059 Publication ID: 75247

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, (2021). Application of Electric Grid Simulators for Cyber-Physical Emulation Experiments https://doi.org/10.2172/1876600 Publication ID: 79142

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Kaushik Raghunath, Katherine Davis, Sriharsha Etigowni, Saman Zonouz, (2021). Strategy for distributed controller defence: Leveraging controller roles and control support groups to maintain or regain control in cyber-adversarial power systems IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory and Applications https://doi.org/10.1049/cps2.12006 Publication ID: 73494

Nicholas Jacobs, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Adam Summers, (2021). Modeling data flows with network calculus in cyber-physical systems: Enabling feature analysis for anomaly detection applications Information (Switzerland) https://doi.org/10.3390/info12060255 Publication ID: 78911

Nicholas Jacobs, Adam Summers, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Daniel Calzada, Hanyue Li, Zeyu Mao, Chris Goes, Katherine Davis, Komal Shetye, (2021). Next-Generation Relay Voting Scheme Design Leveraging Consensus Algorithms 2021 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois, PECI 2021 https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI51586.2021.9435201 Publication ID: 77385

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Adrian Chavez, Nicholas Jacobs, C. Jones, Adam Summers, Brian Wright, (2021). Proactive Intrusion Detection and Mitigation System: Case Study on Packet Replay Attacks in Distributed Energy Resource Systems 2021 IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois, PECI 2021 https://doi.org/10.2172/1860305 Publication ID: 77798

Christian Jones, Adrian Chavez, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Nicholas Jacobs, Adam Summers, Brian Wright, (2021). Unsupervised Online Anomaly Detection to Identify Cyber-Attacks on Internet Connected Photovoltaic System Inverters https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI51586.2021.9435234 Publication ID: 77572

Nicholas Jacobs, Adam Summers, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Daniel Calzada, Hanyue Li, Zeyu Mao, Christopher Goes, Katherine Davis, Komal Shetye, (2021). Next-Generation Relay Voting Scheme Design Leveraging Consensus Algorithms https://doi.org/10.2172/1860603 Publication ID: 77814

Christine Lai, Adrian Chavez, Christian Jones, Nicholas Jacobs, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Jay Johnson, Adam Summers, (2021). Review of Intrusion Detection Methods and Tools for Distributed Energy Resources https://doi.org/10.2172/1769265 Publication ID: 77220

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Adrian Chavez, Nicholas Jacobs, Christian Jones, Adam Summers, Brian Wright, (2021). Proactive Intrusion Detection and Mitigation System: Case Study on Packet Replay Attacks in Distributed Energy Resource Systems https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI51586.2021.9435231 Publication ID: 77286

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Matthew Reno, Russell Bent, Adrian Chavez, (2020). Cybersecurity of Networked Microgrids: Challenges Potential Solutions and Future Directions https://doi.org/10.2172/1738879 Publication ID: 72203

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Eric Vugrin, Katherine Davis, (2020). Enabling online, dynamic remedial action schemes by reducing the corrective control search space 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids, SmartGridComm 2020 https://doi.org/10.2172/1830922 Publication ID: 71375

Hanyue Li, Komal Shetye, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Katherine Davis, Thomas Overbye, (2020). Investigation of Automated Corrective Actions for Special Protection Schemes https://doi.org/10.2172/1668137 Publication ID: 74873

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Eric Vugrin, Katherine Davis, (2020). Enabling Online Dynamic Remedial Action Schemes by Reducing the Corrective Control Search Space https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1820288 Publication ID: 74809

Nicholas Jacobs, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Adam Summers, C. Jones, Brian Wright, Adrian Chavez, (2020). Cyber-physical observability for the electric grid 2020 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference, TPEC 2020 https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEC48276.2020.9042494 Publication ID: 70700

Nicholas Jacobs, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Adam Summers, Christian Jones, Brian Wright, Adrian Chavez, (2020). Cyber-Physical Observability for the Electric Grid https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEC48276.2020.9042494 Publication ID: 72300

C. Jones, Adrian Chavez, Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, (2020). Implementation of intrusion detection methods for distributed photovoltaic inverters at the grid-edge 2020 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2020 https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT45199.2020.9087756 Publication ID: 64683

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, (2020). Distributed Cyber-Physical Intrusion Detection System Sensors Effectively Secure Photovoltaic Inverter Communications at the Grid-Edge https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1766944 Publication ID: 72667

Christian Jones, Adrian Chavez, Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, (2020). Implementation of Intrusion Detection Methods for Distributed Photovoltaic Inverters at the Grid-Edge https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT45199.2020.9087756 Publication ID: 71958

Patricia Cordeiro, Ifeoma Onunkwo, Deepu Jose, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, (2019). Module OT PNM Field Demonstration Test Procedure https://doi.org/10.2172/1592861 Publication ID: 66875

Ronald Matthews, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Matthew Reno, (2019). Fault Current Correction Strategies for Effective Fault Location in Inverter-Based Systems https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1641160 Publication ID: 69727

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, (2019). DER Cybersecurity Research at Sandia: DOE SETO Cybersecurity Portfolio https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1645534 Publication ID: 69540

Ronald Matthews JR, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Matthew Reno, (2019). Fault Current Correction Strategies for Effective Fault Location in Inverter-Based Systems https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980536 Publication ID: 69414

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, (2019). Securing Inverter Communication: Proactive Intrusion Detection and Mitigation System to Tap Analyze and Act https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1645256 Publication ID: 68553

Patricia Cordeiro, Ifeoma Onunkwo, Nicholas Jacobs, Deepu Jose, Brian Wright, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, (2019). Module OT Laboratory Test Procedure https://doi.org/10.2172/1592860 Publication ID: 66873

Adrian Chavez, Christine Lai, Nicholas Jacobs, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Christian Jones, Jay Johnson, Adam Summers, (2019). Hybrid Intrusion Detection System Design for Distributed Energy Resources https://doi.org/10.1109/CyberPELS.2019.8925064 Publication ID: 68251

Adrian Chavez, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Christian Jones, Jay Johnson, Christine Lai, Nicholas Jacobs, Adam Summers, (2019). Hybrid Intrusion Detection System Design for Distributed Energy Resource Systems https://doi.org/10.1109/CyberPELS.2019.8925064 Publication ID: 68342

Meghan Sahakian, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, (2019). Evaluating Moving Target Defense with Quantitative Resilience Analysis https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1639190 Publication ID: 66344

Nicholas Jacobs, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Deepu Jose, Danish Saleem, Christine Lai, Patricia Cordeiro, Adarsh Hasandka, Maurice Martin, Christopher Howerter, (2019). Analysis of System and Interoperability Impact from Securing Communications for Distributed Energy Resources https://doi.org/10.1109/PECI.2019.8698915 Publication ID: 67233

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, C. Lai, Adrian Chavez, Eric Vugrin, (2018). Performance-based cyber resilience metrics: An applied demonstration toward moving target defense Proceedings: IECON 2018 – 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2018.8591764 Publication ID: 64071

Nicholas Jacobs, Deepu Jose, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Christopher Howerter, (2018). Analysis of Design Constraints and System Impact of DER Cryptographic Module https://doi.org/10.2172/1481635 Publication ID: 59320

Christine Lai, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Eric Vugrin, Adrian Chavez, (2018). Performance-Based Cyber Resilience Metrics: An Applied Demonstration Toward Moving Target Defense https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1593607 Publication ID: 59605

Nicholas Jacobs, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Eric Vugrin, (2018). Measurement and Analysis of Cyber Resilience for Control Systems: An Illustrative Example Proceedings – Resilience Week 2018, RWS 2018 https://doi.org/10.1109/RWEEK.2018.8473549 Publication ID: 63728

Roger Baker, Patricia Cordeiro, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Christopher Howerter, Nicholas Jacobs, Deepu Jose, Christine Lai, Jeffrey Zhao, (2018). General Requirements for Designing and Implementing a Cryptography Module for Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Systems https://doi.org/10.2172/1467978 Publication ID: 63907

Patricia Cordeiro, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Christopher Howerter, Nicholas Jacobs, Deepu Jose, Christine Lai, Jeffrey Zhao, (2018). Module OT Project: Crypto Module Requirements https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1569432 Publication ID: 63036

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Jay Johnson, (2018). DOE SETO Cybersecurity Portfolio https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1532449 Publication ID: 62911

Nicholas Jacobs, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Eric Vugrin, (2018). Measurement and Analysis of Cyber Resilience for Control Systems: An Illustrative Example https://doi.org/10.1109/RWEEK.2018.8473549 Publication ID: 63193

Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Roger Baker, Christopher Howerter, (2018). Role of Cryptography in DER Cybersecurity https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1510673 Publication ID: 61759

Christine Lai, Shamina Hossain-McKenzie, Eric Vugrin, Adrian Chavez, (2018). Application of Resilience Analysis Framework to ADDSec Moving Target Defense https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1501997 Publication ID: 61106

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