April 7-10, 2025 | Toronto, Canada

Kim Schaffer

IT Specialist, Cybersecurity, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Kim Schaffer

IT Specialist, Cybersecurity, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Biography

Kim Schaffer is an information technology specialist in the Computer Security Division of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Formerly a Laboratory Director of a Cryptographic Security Test Lab, Dr. Schaffer joined NIST in 2009 and has been working with the NIST/CCCS Cryptographic Module Validation Program for over 10 years. Kim has over 30 years in cybersecurity, is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, and holds a Doctor of Science in Information Assurance.