Cybersecurity Engineer
Cybersecurity Engineer

Biography

Lindsey Hampton is a cybersecurity engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. She specializes in securing electric vehicle charging infrastructure and automating cybersecurity processes, with a focus on vulnerability assessment execution and quantum computing. She designs and implements tools that streamline the identification, analysis, and reporting of vulnerabilities to support resilient infrastructure.

Hampton has contributed to the development of cloud-based automated vulnerability assessment tools, authored guidance on post-quantum cryptography migration, and built advanced database structures to support seamless front-end integration. She has also developed infrastructure threat models, investigated mitigation strategies, and designed testing procedures to validate solutions. Her work bridges threat modeling, red teaming, and system hardening with an emphasis on scalable, repeatable security workflows.

She holds an MS and BS in cybersecurity from Southeast Missouri State University.

Research Interests

  • Quantum Computing
  • Cryptography
  • Threat/Vulnerability Assessment 
  • Red Teaming
  • Automation
  • Pen-Testing

Education

  • MS in cybersecurity, Southeast Missouri State University
  • BS in cybersecurity, Southeast Missouri State University

Publications

2025

  • Ghosh, S., R. Mitra, L. Redington, and P. Dama. “Scalable Automated Vulnerability Inspection Framework Using Nmap for CVE Detection in Distributed Remote Networks.” In Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2025. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-92178-0_18.

2024

  • Redington, L., and P. Dama. “Enhancing Cybersecurity Through Automated Vulnerability Inspection.” Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Student Research Conference, Southeast Missouri State University, 2024. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13388.32648.
  • Carroll, T. E., A. M. Moran-Schmoker, and L. M. Redington. “Exploring the Adoption Challenges of Post-Quantum Cryptography in EV Charging Infrastructure.” DOE report no. 2337525, 2024. DOI: 10.2172/2337525.

2023

  • Carroll, T. E., L. M. Redington, A. M. Moran-Schmoker, and A. J. Murray. “Inventory of Public Key Cryptography in US Electric Vehicle Charging.” DOE report no. 2204867, 2023. DOI: 10.2172/2204867.