Deb Cooley
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Deb Cooley

Retired Senior Cryptographic Vulnerability Analyst, National Security Agency Cybersecurity Directorate (NSA/CSD) with 37+ years of service in Dec 2023. Most of Deb’s career was spent as a security evaluator on many different technologies including IP encryptors, satellites, radios, and key management devices.

Previously, Special Government Expert for the Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Cyber Security Division. Previously, acme working group chair.

Roles

Role Group Email
Area Director Security Area Open Meeting (saag) [email protected]
Area Director Security Area (sec) [email protected]
Area Director Internet Engineering Steering Group (iesg) [email protected]
Area Director Automated Certificate Management Environment (acme) [email protected]
Area Director Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers (dult) [email protected]
Area Director IP Security Maintenance and Extensions (ipsecme) [email protected]
Area Director Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (jose) [email protected]
Area Director Key Transparency (keytrans) [email protected]
Area Director Limited Additional Mechanisms for PKIX and SMIME (lamps) [email protected]
Area Director Web Authorization Protocol (oauth) [email protected]
Area Director Privacy Preserving Measurement (ppm) [email protected]
Area Director Remote ATtestation ProcedureS (rats) [email protected]
Area Director System for Cross-domain Identity Management (scim) [email protected]
Area Director Supply Chain Integrity, Transparency, and Trust (scitt) [email protected]
Area Director Software Updates for Internet of Things (suit) [email protected]
Area Director Secure Shell Maintenance (sshm) [email protected]
Area Director HPKE Publication, Kept Efficient (hpke) [email protected]
Area Director PKI, Logs, And Tree Signatures (plants) [email protected]
Chair Security Area Open Meeting (saag) [email protected]
Chair Security Area Directorate (secdir) [email protected]
Delegate Software Updates for Internet of Things (suit) [email protected]
Delegate Automated Certificate Management Environment (acme) [email protected]
Delegate Key Transparency (keytrans) [email protected]
Liaison Member Internet Architecture Board (iab) [email protected]
Reviewer (See reviews) Security Area Directorate (secdir) [email protected]

RFCs (1)

RFC Date Title Cited by
RFC 9151 Apr 2022 Commercial National Security Algorithm (CNSA) Suite Profile for TLS and DTLS 1.2 and 1.3 1 RFC

Active Internet-Drafts (0)

Deb has no active Internet-Drafts as of 2026-02-27.

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Deb has no expired Internet-Drafts as of 2026-02-27.

Internet-Draft Activity