Top cybersecurity staffers at the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) are leaving the agency as part of the Trump administration’s downsizing operation, Cybersecurity Dive has learned.
The departures are raising concerns over NIST’s work on emerging technology issues in quantum computing and artificial intelligence.
Among the departures, according to two people familiar with the matter, are: Matthew Scholl, chief of the Computer Security Division (CSD) inside NIST’s Information Technology Lab; Tim Hall, who led CSD’s Security Testing, Validation and Measurements Group; and David Ferraiolo, who led CSD’s Secure Systems and Applications Group. Roughly ten other CSD staffers also left the agency in this latest round of departures.
The staffing losses are causing alarm within the tech industry about NIST’s continued…
