Credit: NIST
NIST Fellow and director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Donna Dodson retired from NIST and as a federal employee on May 8, 2020.
Donna Dodson, a cybersecurity expert who worked for her entire 33-year career at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been honored this week with a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for her numerous contributions to the field.
Since 2002, the Partnership for Public Service has awarded “Sammies” medals to honor outstanding civil servants. One of just 11 winners chosen from a pool of more than 350 nominations, Dodson received her medal in the Safety, Security and International Affairs category.
“Donna Dodson demonstrates the profound impact that a single individual can have on the cybersecurity of a nation,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director Walter G. Copan. “She represents the best in public service, dedicating most of her life to improving our cybersecurity and becoming a world-renowned leader in the field.”
Dodson, who recently retired from NIST, spent her entire career at the federal agency, serving as the chief cybersecurity adviser for the Information Technology Laboratory. She was also a NIST Fellow, the agency’s highest technical rank.
Among her achievements was the development of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, now used by thousands of organizations around the world to help reduce cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure. About five years after its initial release, the framework has been downloaded more than half a million times and has been translated into several different languages.
She also led the establishment of the National C ..
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