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Cybersecurity Insights

a NIST blog

Katherine Schroeder

Katherine Schroeder is an IT specialist at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. Her portfolio includes risk analytics, measurement, and metrics. She also serves as co-chair for the Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum. Katherine was an NSF CyberCorps Scholarship for Service fellow and came to computer security after a career in theater, opera, and live music production.