Tamara Reynolds

Tamara Reynolds is a Group Manager at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), leading the Cyber Risk Optimization Group. She specializes in renewable energy security and cybersecurity risk management, with a focus on applying the U.S. Department of Energy Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2) and NIST Cybersecurity Framework to distributed energy systems.

• Role: Oversight of cybersecurity frameworks for distributed energy resources
• Collaborations: Industry and federal partners, U.S. Agency for International Development
• Tools: Co-developer of the Distributed Energy Resource Risk Manager (DRRM) and DER Cybersecurity Framework

Her research spans cybersecurity assessments, governance best practices, and evaluation tool design, with a strong emphasis on stakeholder engagement and technical leadership in grid modernization. Recent publications highlight the application of cybersecurity frameworks to solar photovoltaic systems and the development of simulation tools for energy resilience.

Key awards include the 2018 Presidential Award for contributions to the Distributed Energy Resource Cybersecurity Framework. She collaborates with chief information officers (CIOs) and security officers (CISOs) in the electric sector and supports international cybersecurity capacity-building initiatives.