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Taking Measure

Just a Standard Blog

Ronald Pulivarti

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Ronald Pulivarti is a senior cybersecurity engineer who leads an engineering team at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), which is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He and his team promote the acceleration of businesses’ adoption of standards-based, advanced cybersecurity technologies for the health-care sector. Ron has a strong technical background and cybersecurity experience in multiple high-value-asset applications. Prior to NIST, he worked within the Department of Health and Human Services and has served in many IT leadership roles for over 20 years.

Illustration shows a pattern of repeating DNA strands with a shadowy figure in a trenchcoat and hat lurking behind.

How Secure Is Your DNA?

Is genomic data distinct from other data types? How should cybersecurity protection be tailored to genomic data? NIST is working to find the answers.