Donna Dodson
Dodson helped connect cryptographic research, public standards, and implementation guidance for broad security use.
Donna Dodson is a computer-security and cryptography leader associated with the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. She led NIST’s Computer Security Division and contributed to work on cryptographic standards and guidance.
Public standards infrastructure
NIST publications are widely used as reference points for selecting algorithms, managing keys, and implementing security controls. Dodson’s career illustrates the technical and institutional work required to maintain this public standards infrastructure.
Timeline
- 2007Becomes chief of NIST’s Computer Security Division.
- 2012Co-authors NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 revision 3.
- 2016Receives the NIST Gold Medal for work on cryptographic standards and guidance.
Donna Dodson
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1980s-Present
- Known for
- NIST computer security; Cryptographic standards; Key-management guidance
- Tags
- cryptography, nist, standards, computer-security, leadership
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