Karen Scarfone has worked in IT for almost 30 years, with over 20 years of that dedicated to information security and security publication development. Before forming Scarfone Cybersecurity, Karen was a Senior Computer Scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She has co-authored more than 60 NIST publications. For her body of work of cybersecurity publications, Karen was named a Fed 100 winner, and the US Department of Commerce awarded her a Bronze Medal and a Gold Medal.