Donna F. Dodson

About

Donna F. Dodson is a Partner at SineWave Ventures. Donna brings an extensive background in cybersecurity, privacy, standards, risk management, and applied cryptography to her role as a Partner at SineWave. Donna dedicated her entire 33-year career to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where she served as Chief Cybersecurity Adviser and attained the rank of NIST Fellow, the agency’s highest technical distinction. She led the development of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, now used by thousands of organizations worldwide to reduce cybersecurity risks to critical infrastructure, and founded and directed the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) from its establishment in 2012 through her retirement. As the Department of Commerce’s cybersecurity advisor, she counseled the Secretary and represented the department at strategic decision-making forums. Her foundational work in data encryption standards contributed to what NIST estimated as $250 billion in

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